Into the Breach: Why NATO Needs to Update its Strategic Concept

Abstract

The NATO Alliance must update the substance of its Strategic Concept by 2020 but make revisions within the framework of three essential core tasks: Collective Defense, Crisis Management, and Cooperative Security. This will allow NATO to maintain the delicate balance of competing threat perceptions among its members, while refreshing its content to maintain credibility and relevance with the international community, political leaders, and allied publics. This analysis does not consider the Alliances modern relevance. Rather, this study examines how the 2010 Strategic Concept can adapt to preserve its relevance. An exploration of the concepts Collective Defense section considers the threats NATO faces and the capabilities it needs to counter them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 12, 2018
Accession Number
AD1062019

Entities

People

  • John R. Bussolari

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alliances
  • Cold War
  • Crisis Management
  • European Union
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Political Science
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies