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Group of Experts presents report on NATO's new Strategic Concept

Brussels, NATO HQ, 17 May 2010

The Group of Experts, chaired by Madeleine Albright, presented their recommendations on NATO's new Strategic Concept. More

• Report of the Group of Experts Eng / Fr / Ru / Ukr / Ar
• Letter by the Chair and Vice Chair Eng / Fr
• Comment on the recommendations
• NATO Review talks with Madeleine Albright
• Secretary General's video blog post
• National/regional events

Speeches and articles

21 Jun. 2010 - "Security policy in an era of budgetary constraint", speech by the NATO Secretary General at the Security and Defence Agenda conference

July 2010 - Security Implications of Environmental Change by Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme

More Speeches

NATO Review

• A battle of minds
• Timing is everything?
• New age, new threats, new responses
• What does it mean for the military?

Interviews

• Ivo Daalder, US Ambassador to NATO
• Interview with Admiral James G. Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• Interview with Madeleine Albright: towards a new Strategic Concept
• Interview with Jeroen Van der Veer, Vice Chair, NATO Strategic Concept Expert Group

Previous Strategic Concepts

08 Nov. 1991 - The Alliance's New Strategic Concept agreed by the Heads of State and Government participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council

24 Apr. 1999 - The Alliance's Strategic Concept approved by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council

NATO Topic

The Strategic Concept is an official document that outlines NATO’s enduring purpose and nature and its fundamental security tasks. It also identifies the central features of the new security environment ...
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Online Fora

• NATO Defence College
• SDA Brussels
• The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
• NATO Watch
• RUSI
• The Washington NATO Project
• ACUS
• Chatham House
• The World Security Network

• 15 July 2010 by alexandra bader I'm writing now about the report, it is very interesting especially concerning co-operation with the eu. the recommendations cleary show a shift of paradigm due to the complex security environment.
• 25 May 2010 by Robin Edgar I've finally had time to have a look at the whole thing and following are my notes on it. First off, though, I'm glad to see that the new strategic vision of NATO is bold and dares to enlarge its' focus in an increasingly unclear world.

What is being written about NATO's New Strategic Concept ? The NATO Multimedia Library’s bibliography can help you to identify relevant books, articles and online documents currently or recently published.
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• Recent documents in external literature (updated - 27 July)
• Selected external bookmarks (updated - 27 July)
• Historical overview 1953 - 2009

At the NATO Summit in Strasbourg/Kehl on 3 and 4 April 2009, Heads of State and Government (HoSG) tasked the Secretary General to develop a new NATO Strategic Concept. This exercise should be completed by the time of NATO’s next Summit which is expected to take place in Lisbon in late 2010. The Summit also tasked the Secretary General to convene and lead a broad based group of qualified experts who will lay the ground for the new Strategic Concept. This will be done with the active involvement of the North Atlantic Council (NAC).

• Guiding principles
• The Group of Experts
• A three-phased approach:
• • - Reflection phase
  • - Consultation phase
  • - Drafting and final negotiation phase

• NATO Secretary General discusses Summit, strategy ...
  2 Jul. 2010
• The Group of Experts Report is now available in Russian, Ukrainian and Arabic
  18 Jun. 2010
• NATO and Partners discuss the new Strategic Concept
  15 Jun. 2010

The Group of Experts, chaired by Madeleine K. Albright, was convened by the NATO Secretary General to lay the groundwork for the development of a new Strategic Concept for the Alliance. Having completed their task, on 17 May they submitted to the North Atlantic Council their analysis and recommendations.

• At their Summit in Strasbourg / Kehl on 3 and 4 April 2009, NATO’s Heads of State and Government tasked the Secretary General to develop a new NATO Strategic Concept. This exercise should be completed by the time of NATO’s next Summit, which is expected to take place towards the end of 2010. The Summit also tasked the Secretary General to convene and lead...