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Jul 22 15 tweets 7 min read
The new #StrategicConcept is the blueprint for the Alliance in a more dangerous and competitive world.

It sets out #NATO’s priorities, core tasks, and approaches for the next decade.

A thread 🧵 [1/15] NATO 2022 Strategic Concept
It reaffirms #NATO’s key purpose of ensuring our collective defence and defines the Alliance’s three core tasks.

[2/15] Deterrence and defence Crisis prevention and management Coop
It sets out the Alliance’s vision for a world where sovereignty, territorial integrity, human rights and international law are respected, and where each country can choose its own path.

[3/15] We stand together, as Allies, to defend our freedom and cont
The document defines #Russia as the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security.

[4/15] Russia seeks to establish spheres of influence and direct co
The #StrategicConcept addresses #China for the first time and the systematic challenges it poses to Euro-Atlantic security.

[5/15] China’s stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge o
And it recognises the threat of terrorism to the security of our citizens and to international peace and prosperity. Terrorists have expanded their networks, enhanced their capabilities and invested in new tech to improve their reach and lethality.

[6/15] Terrorist organisations seek to attack or inspire attacks ag
The 2022 Strategic Concept also acknowledges climate change as a defining challenge of our time. It can affect the environments our armed forces operate in, intensify conflict and competition, and threaten the lives and livelihoods of our citizens.

[7/15] Climate change is a crisis and threat multiplier.
In response, Allies have committed to significantly strengthening their deterrence and defence to deny any potential adversary any possible opportunities for aggression.

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As long as nuclear weapons exist, NATO will remain a nuclear Alliance. NATO’s nuclear forces are the supreme guarantee of our security; however, Allies are committed to arms control and disarmament, and will pursue risk reduction including through dialogue and prevention tools. NATO’s goal is to create a safer world for all; we seek to
And a new force model will provide more troops at higher readiness, improving NATO’s ability to respond at very short notice to any contingency.

[10/15] New NATO Force Model
NATO will also continue to work to prevent and respond to crises when these have the potential to affect our security. Allies will further develop NATO’s ability to support civilian crisis management and relief operations.

[11/15] Allies will invest more in crisis response, preparedness and
The document is clear that #NATO enlargement has been a historic success in ensuring the security of millions of people, and that Allies remain committed to NATO’s Open Door policy.

[12/15] Our door remains open to all European democracies that share
And it commits NATO to strengthening its ties with partners that share the Alliance’s values and interest in upholding the rules-based international order.

[13/15] Cooperation with partners contributes to stability beyond ou
NATO will play its part in combating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring military effectiveness and a credible deterrence and defence posture.

[14/15] “NATO is determined to set the gold standard in addressing
You can read #NATO’s 2022 #StrategicConcept here: bit.ly/natostratcon20…

[15/15] NATO 2022 Strategic Concept

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