The Strategic Orientation of NATO

What implications will the new Strategic Concept of the NATO have for the member states? To what extent will it influence the European Union? How may NATO successfully implement a ten-year concept when it faces only a multitude but also very strong dynamics of defence and geopolitical challenges and upheavals? How does the concept affect other potential accession candidates and the current membership applications? Which impacts for the security of the European Union could emerge from the adaptation of the military strategy and reinforcements of deterrence capabilities, especially in NATO's east?
Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, former NATO Secretary General (2004-2009), will address these and many other questions in his speech, framing NATO's Strategic Concept in response to the current world situation.