NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE FOUNDATION Charting ahead
WHY • “to promote the culture of stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area and in NATO partner nations …” • These principles stated in the preamble to the Washington Treaty of 1949 are our heritage
HOW “… To respond through education, research and outreach to the challenges that we are confronting.”
WHAT Our aim is to meet the highest standards in contributing to public debate and future deliberations on strategic, security and geo-political issues
NDC FOUNDATION: WHO • Lord Robertson of Port Ellen Honorary President • A. Minuto-Rizzo President • A. Politi Director
NDCF: Senior Advisory Board The Senior Advisory Board has the essential function to assist in the strategic decisions about the future development, funding and operations of the Foundation. It includes prominent fjgures from 20 difgerent countries among NATO members and partners
The European perspective • The EU is a unique and essential partner for NATO. The two organisations share a majority of members, and all members of both organisations share common values (Strategic Concept 2010) • The EU and NATO are already working together on a wide array of important issues: hybrid warfare, defence industry, wide-area security issues (Ukraine, Balkans, Georgia, Sahel, piracy, traffjcking), Smart Defence and pooling/sharing, an efgective maritime strategy and comprehensive approach in crisis management • The Foundation has solid expertise on European hi-tech, defence and hard/soft security matters
NDCF: Partners • Naturally we have a close relationship with the NATO Defense College • Nevertheless the NDCF enjoys the freedom and the agility of being a private foundation with an evident added value in outreach, debate, unconventional research and education • Our academic partner is the IAI, the oldest international afgairs institute in Italy
Our future • Balkan Networks and Security, December 2016 • Deep Maghreb, November 2016 • Quo vadis Libya? TBD
Our track record • NATO and the Arab Spring 17-18 November 2011 • Afghanistan after 2014 - Ask and Task 7-8 February 2013 • Security in a No one’s world – Game Changers, 13-14 February 2014
Track record 2 • Western Balkans - The futures of integration, 7-8 October 2014 • The shaping of Eastern Europe, 18-19 May 2015 • NATO Summit 2016 Advisory Panel, 25 September 2015
Track record 3 • Eurasia and Armed Radicalism, Berlin 27 January 2016 • Arab geopolitics in turmoil, 25- 26 February 2016 • NATO in a World of Disorder report 25 th of May 2016 • Container Security seminar, 25 th – 27 th May 2016
NDCF: Strategic Trends Three types of Strategic Trends are provided by area specialists: • The fjrst is focussed on Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Black Sea, Russia, China and Emerging Challenges (terrorism, maritime security, cybersecurity etc.) • The second looks at strategic trends in major Middle East countries, adding to the Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative • A third is looking at Africa
NDCF: making strategic sense • These products are strongly decision-maker oriented: where are we/they going? and why? • The aim is to make strategic sense from a complex multidimensional picture • We carry out specialised and tailored analytical and political training both for individuals and small groups
The added value • The Foundation is a unique combination of scientifjc freedom, private agility and institutional linkage • It builds upon the top level connections and operational experience in Trans- Atlantic outreach towards Middle East, Southern Mediterranean and West Asia • The aim is to empower for the future and to enable change, not to repeat mantras
In a few words We deal with diversity and complexity in the globalized world
Our aim To understand and shape the Cooperative Multidimensional Security
NDCF: Contacts Alessandro Politi, Director NATO DC Foundation c/o Studio Buscemi Via Alessandro Serpieri, 8 00197 Rome, Italy Mobile: (+39) 348.710 8785 E-mail: info@ndc-foundation.org; director@ndc-foundation.org Web: http://www.ndc-foundation.org Jefgrey A. Larsen, Research Division Director NATO Defense College Via Giorgio Pelosi, 1 (Cecchignola) 00143 Rome, Italy Phone: (+39) 06.5052 5220 Fax: (+39) 06.50525797 E-Mail: j.larsen@ndc.nato.int
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