No. 309: NATO’s Strategic Concept: Tempered Ambitions

Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Series Editor(s): Benno Zogg, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 309
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

The Strategic Concept seeks to prepare NATO to deal with the deteriorating security environment over the past decade characterized by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the rise of China. Its implementation hinges mainly on the modalities of the alliance’s enhanced deterrence and defense.

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