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space(forexample,theeffectoftheSyrianconflict),and4)whetherthe
conceptualisationona“Europeansecurityarchitecture”remainsusefulor
hasbecomemeaninglessinfaceofcurrentchallenges.
BastianGiegerich
NATO’sStrategicAdaptation,theWarsawSummitandBeyond.....61
Againstthisbackground,NATO’sstrategicadaptationhasonlyjustbegun.
TheAlliance’s2014summitinWalesinitiatedtheprocessanddefinedthe
short-termgoalstoreassurealliesagainstthecontextofashiftingand
deterioratingsecurityenvironment.The2016Warsawsummitwillrightly
celebratewhathasbeenachievedsinceWales.Strategicsignificance,
however,willbeachievedonlyifNATO’sheadsofstateandgovernmentuse
theoccasiontoagreeastrategicadaptationplanthatbalancestasksand
geographiesandembracestheideathatadaptationisaprocessnotaresult,
andmakeafirmcommitmenttoimprovingtheresourcesavailabletomeetthe
securityneedsoftheEuro-Atlanticsecuritycommunity.
NodarKharshiladze,GeorgeTargamadze
NATOFacingToday’sChallenges,OldandNew.................69
TheWarsawSummit,tobeheldonthe25thanniversaryoftheendofthe
ColdWar
,aconflictnotonlybetweentheU.S.andtheUSSR,butalso
betweenNATOandtheWarsawPact,andthisisverysymbolic.Ourgreatest
expectationwouldbeaclearandunquestionabledeclarationandplan,
providedbyNATOcollectivelyandsupportedbytheresourcesofeach
individualAlly,aimedatdramaticallyupdatingandincreasingNATO’s
conventionalArticle5capabilities.Anythinglesswouldbeconsidered,by
theKremlininparticular,astheAlliancebackingdown.
MárioNicolini,JakubJanda
“IntheAreaorOutofBusiness:”
BuildingResiliencetoHybridAttacks.........................77
EventhoughArticle5isNATO’sultimatesecurityguarantee,itisonlythe
verylastinalongchainofmeasuresthatneedtobefunctioninginorder
torespondtotoday’smostprobableandlethalthreats.TheAlliancehas
spentthelasttwoyearsimplementingtheagreedReadinessActionPlanand
reassuringeasternmembersnotonlywithrhetoric,butalsobytakingmore
actionandputtingmoretroopsontheeasternborder.Thisisallwhatone
wouldexpectapolitical-militaryalliancetodowhenitisthreatened.The
evolutionofNATO’sposturetowardsRussiahasproventoNATOmembers,
and,arguably,totheiradversaries,thattheAlliancestillhasamission.
JohnNomikos,A.Th.Symeonides
NATOandtheFuture,2016:FiveQuestionsandAnswers..........88
InthisessayweposefivekeyquestionsforthefutureofNATOandprovide
whatwethinkarefiveappropriateanswers.Ourassessmentemergesfrom
historicalexperience,anevaluationofcurrentpolicies,andwhatwebelieve
theAlliance’sstrategicdirectionsshouldbe.Wechosethisformatforclarity
andprecision.WesubmitthattheAlliancewouldbebestservedbybrutal
honestyanddirectness.Ourviews,ofcourse,are“countrycentred;”we
