Geopolitics
Madrid Summit: NATO in question.
Left.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference ahead of a NATO summit at the Organization's headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. AP - Olivier Matthys
By: Marie-France Chatin Follow
1 min
In a few days, from June 28 to 30, 2022, NATO's annual summit in Madrid.
A particular or even special summit in the current context of war in Ukraine, which will see the Alliance unveil its “Strategic Concept 2030” reflecting the new “security reality”.
This strategic concept will place Russia as an adversary and no longer as a possible partner and will begin the formulation of a policy towards China and the threats that Beijing could pose to Europe through cyberattacks, Artificial Intelligence, espionage and submarine incursions as the Arctic melts.
Advertising
The context: a Sweden and a Finland eager since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to join NATO.
And Turkey, which is blocking their admission for the moment, which is asking for concessions to fight Kurdish separatism and terrorist groups.
Finally the Baltic countries which demand more from NATO.
After the negative effect on the Alliance's reputation, a consequence of NATO's indisputable failure in Afghanistan, the Organization must redefine its strategy around its priority mission of securing Europe and the forms of hybrid conflict that arise. announce.
His current priority remains how to continue to support Ukraine and deter any future aggression from the Russian president.
Guests:
Jean-François Bureau,
former Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2007-2010) and Director of International Affairs at Eutelsat (2011-2020).
International consultant specializing in the field of defense
Guillaume Lasconjarias,
former researcher at the NATO Defense College in Rome and author of numerous works on the Atlantic Alliance
Thierry Tardy,
Director of the Research Division at the NATO Defense College, and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges
Jean-Pierre Maulny,
deputy director of IRIS and specialist in defense issues.
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
google-play-badge_EN
NATO
Ukraine
Russia
China
Cybercriminality
Sweden
Finland
Turkey
Afghanistan
On the same subject
Japan: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be at the NATO summit in Madrid
NATO: in Finland, Stoltenberg does everything to reassure Turkey
War in Ukraine - Day 91
The day kyiv accused NATO of “doing absolutely nothing” against Russia