№91: NATO and the Coronavirus: Navigating Unchartered Waters
№91: NATO and the Coronavirus: Navigating Unchartered Waters

Author(s): Marcin Terlikowski, Artur Kacprzyk, Łukasz Kulesa, Wojciech Lorenz, Marcin Andrzej Piotrowski
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Health and medicine and law
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: NATO; Coronavirus; COVID-19; political cohesion; security;
Summary/Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated again that the North Atlantic Alliance is capable of a flexible response to new challenges. NATO has been effective with its crisis-management mechanisms in facilitating assistance to allies most affected by the coronavirus. It began planning for more robust actions in case of a second wave of infections. Yet, the long term economic and political consequences of the pandemic are likely to exacerbate existing tensions and threats to NATO while new challenges to Allied political cohesion and credibility of its defence and deterrence posture may grow. To address them, the Allies should use the opportunities offered by NATO 2030 initiative to adjust the Alliance’s functioning to new realities.

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