NATO after the Madrid Summit: where to go from there?

Description

Russian aggression in Ukraine has led to a reconfiguration of the West’s security policies in terms of a back to the future focus on territorial defence and deterrence. In Madrid in June 2022; Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO and thereby abandoned their long-standing non-aligned dogma.

The Alliance is, however, not free from discrepancies. Insufficient defence budgets in many European countries, Burden Sharing, and How to protect the Baltic States and the Suwalki Gap raise many concerns. Furthermore, instability in Europe’s near abroad is still directly impacting the security of European life and prosperity.

This seminar will try to answer the question of how the Alliance will cope with the largest military conflict in Europe since 1945, while still keeping an eye on instabilities affecting European security in its near abroad. ? Will the organisation prove its agility? Was the June Madrid Summit a step in the right direction?

Period	2022 Sept 28
Held at	DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia, Denmark
Degree of Recognition	International