SACEUR on The New NATO
Gen . Breedlove in close discussions with Lt . Gen . Nicholson ( LANDCOM ), Lt . Gen . Davis ( LANDCOM ), Amb . Francesca Tardioli ( NATO ), Maj . Gen . Uğur Tarçın ( LANDCOM ).
The VJFT will be designed to respond to threats facing the entire alliance including significant threats in our southern area emanating from the Middle East and North Africa .
These threats are fundamentally different and therefore our approach to address them will require a completely different solution in the south than in the east … maybe even based around a maritime headquarters .
Although the NATO military structure is making tremendous strides to address the new security environment , it is clear that the military instrument alone cannot achieve strategic success . Future strategies must have defined end states which are politically , economically and socially cohesive . They must support
“ To address the future however , we must understand the broad and layered characteristics of the 21st Century Security
Environment ”
-Gen . Breedlove common core interests and yet remain flexible enough to account for variances in those interests .
The effectiveness and sustainability of these strategies , in the 21st Century Security Environment , must be rooted in operative alliances and legitimate institutions invested in synchronized lines of effort . Whatever the final form our adaptation measures take , they must be affordable and sustainable so that NATO can effectively respond to emerging threats in the long run over what is likely to be an extended period of global instability . This is an erachanging moment for the Alliance and it is imperative that we marshal all of our talent , innovation and creativity to ensure that the path ahead is as peaceful and secure as we can make it .
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