Recommendations of NATO Expert Group on the New Strategic Concept
Recommendations of NATO Expert Group on the New Strategic Concept

Summary/Abstract: In terms of the political environment, the report reflects a threefold crisis or rather three basic limitations, which also act as opportunities. First, the crisis or limitations of multilateralism. One of the key messages of the report is that no single international organization can resolve complex crises and let alone major global challenges on its own. It will have to act in cooperation with other international organizations. The report also sends the message that sometimes NATO will simply be absent from a crisis scenario. Sometimes, it will be up to national governments to react. In other circumstances other international organizations will be better placed than NATO to provide a response to a specific contingency. In this regard, we have moved from an ideologically charged approach to multilateralism, with ideas such as that of competitive multilateralism, to a much more pragmatic approach based on efficiency and effectiveness of international organizations and much greater emphasis on partnerships.

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