Nová strategická koncepcia - hľadanie strategickej kultúry
New Strategic Concept – in Search for NATO Strategic Culture

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at presenting the evolution of the NATO strategic concept. Changes in the global security environment as well as in the global order, force introduction of certain changes. During last few years, NATO was enlarged by the accession of new countries which had been in the zone of the former Soviet Union’s influence. The territory covered by collective defence according to art. 5 of the Washington Treaty1 were broadened. Moreover, in 1999, NATO, in trying to adapt to the new political situation, agreed upon a strategy oriented at wide cooperation with other countries with respect to security and peace in the world, however nowadays, it is not facing the challenges of the XXI century. NATO has to adapt to the new political situation, radically changing spectrum of threats and growing globalization. The current debate on a new strategic concept of the Alliance evokes many discussions, as there is a great number of contradictions between the member states according to the document’s shape.

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