New responses to new threats
Sat, 20.11.2010
Collective defence and the guarantee that NATO members will assist one another against attack in line with Article 5 of the Washington Treaty are to remain core functions of the Alliance. This also applies to new security challenges where they threaten the fundamental security of individual Allies or the Alliance as a whole.
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REGIERUNGonline/Kugler 
Tried and
tested Alliance with a new
strategyCrisis management: No
conflict can be resolved today with military means alone. NATO does
not intend to put in place civilian instruments, but with the new
concept its interface capacities are to be extended, i.e. the
options of working with civilian actors. NATO has thus drawn its
conclusions from the ISAF operations in Afghanistan, where in
practice there is already close cooperation between military and
civilian crisis management instruments.Cooperative security: NATO does not claim to be able to cope with threats alone. It will do so within the scope of the concept of networked security. NATO intends to engage closely with other actors to enhance international security. The Strategic Concept accords new weight to this policy of partnerships. Under the aegis of the United Nations, NATO aims to act with the EU, and will also be seeking partnership with Russia and other actors. NATO thus expressly makes no global claims, but aims to be part of a global security network.
