Poland and NATO’s next strategy: deterring Russia and making European Defence Work (for the Alliance)
Poland argues that the adaptation of NATO to the Russian threat should not be considered a job done.
Poland argues that the adaptation of NATO to the Russian threat should not be considered a job done.
An independent Ukraine is the pillar of the architecture of the European security order, but also of the future of the international order, which China and Russia intend to redesign.
The prioritisation of security in Europe and its immediate neighbourhood should focus on Spain and the Netherlands to reinforce Europe's maritime presence, especially in the Indo-Pacific.
China has adopted a complex stance on the crisis between Russia and Ukraine due to its own economic interests.
France's policy towards NATO has always been ambivalent: committed to collective defence, but sceptical about political and strategic coordination among allies.
Putin is winning with the political-military dispute he is pursuing in Ukraine, while also losing in other respects.
NATO has convened a summit for heads of state and government in Madrid in June 2022 to approve a new Strategic Concept to update the 2010 Lisbon Strategic Concept.
The discussions around NATO’s new Strategic Concept coincide with a new chapter in the UK’s own foreign and defence policy, as the country redefines its priorities in the post-Brexit era and in a rapidly changing geostrategic environment.
With regard to NATO, the Netherlands combines various capacities. As one of the Organisation’s founding members it has traditionally been considered a loyal ally.
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