Charting NATO’s Future
September 24, 2015 | Washington
Mr. Petru Schipor attended one of the periodic meetings held under the umbrella of the Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on September 24, 2015. The conference, part of the center’s Charting NATO’s Future series, was held in preparation of the Warsaw Summit in 2016. The keynote address featured H.E. Ine Eriksen Soreide, Minister of Defense of Norway, and the Hon. Chuck Hagel, Distinguished Statesman of the Atlantic Council and former Secretary of Defense of the United States.
The transatlantic community faces urgent challenges on multiple fronts. In the East, the crisis in Ukraine continues unabated, coupled with Russian assertiveness and pushing West-Russia tensions to an all-time high in the post-Cold War environment. In the south, conflicts in the wider Middle East have fueled the rise of new terrorist groups and catalyzed one of the worst refugee crises that Europe has faced since World War II. At the same time, the transatlantic community faces challenges in political unity, from ongoing debates about burden-sharing and defense spending to the rise of fringe political parties to new cracks and fissures in European unity and solidarity.
The Atlantic Council is convening leading experts from across Europe and North America to analyze these critically important issues, what they mean for NATO's future, and what policies and strategies NATO and its members should consider ahead of the Warsaw Summit in 2016.
Charting NATO’s Future
24 septembrie 2015 | Washington
Dl. Petru Schipor a participat la una din conferintele organizate sub umbrela Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security organizat pe 24 septembrie 2015. Parte din seria "Cartografierea viitorului NATO", conferinta a avut menirea de a pregati sumitului de la Varsovia din 2016. Printre participantii care au luat cuvantul s-au numarat Ine Eriksen Soreide, ministrul Apararii din Norvegia, si Chuck Hagel, distins membru al Atlantic Council si fost secretar de stat pentru Aparare al Statelor Unite.
Comunitatea transatlantica se confrunta cu o serie de provocari urgente pe mai multe fronturi. In est, criza din Ucraina continua, agravata de atitudinea agresiva a Rusiei ce duc tensiunile din vestul tarii la culmi nemaiintalnite de la incheierea Razboiului Rece. In sud, conflictele din Orientul Mijlociu au alimentat aparitia unor noi grupari teroriste si au dus la cea mai mare criza a refugiatilor care a afectat Europa de la incheierea celui de-Al Doilea Razboi Mondial. In acelasi timp, comunitatea transatlantica trebuie sa faca fata unor provocari de unitate politica, de la dezbateri permanente privind impartirea responsabilitatii si problema bugetelor de aparare, pana la ascensiunea partidelor extremiste si noi tensiuni ce pot afecta unitatea si solidaritatea proiectului European.
Atlantic Council reuneste experti de talie mondiala din Europa si America de Nord pentru a analiza probleme cruciale, impactul lor asupra viitorului Aliantei Nord-Atlantice si politicile si strategiile pe care NATO si membrii sai trebuie sa le adopte inaintea sumitului de la Varsovia din 2016.
