NATO IN THE SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
NATO IN THE SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
Author(s): Aurelian RaţiuContributor(s): Diana Cristiana Lupu (Translator)
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: collective defence; response capability; ethnic conflicts; crisis situations; security and stability;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents a few aspects regarding NATO’s transformation - a component and consequence alike of the conceptual-doctrinal and military structures adaptation to the new conditions of the security environment and to the new missions and tasks the military forces of the Alliance and of the member states must fulfil. In the first part, NATO’s security and defence purposes and tasks are presented, as well as the security concept and some aspects of its agenda in this field with regard to its assertion as the main factor in fulfilling the conditions necessary for the establishment of the new security and stability architecture in Europe. In the second part, considering the objectives and the new challenges the Alliance must meet, aspects regarding the role of military operations and the enlargement of the partnership policy in accomplishing Euro-Atlantic security are pointed out.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 63-73
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
