The new strategic concept: a vision from Spain

  • Enrique Pérez Ramírez
Keywords: Strategic Concept, Comprehensive Political Guidance, Declaration on Allied Security, Collective defence, Article 5, Crisis management, Conflict prevention, Partnership, Comprehensive approach, Enlargement, Coalitions, Euro-Atlantic area

Abstract

The paper begins with a description of the evolution of the NATO Strategic Concept (SC). Then, a two-fold analysis is made: firstly, the content of the presently in force 1999 Strategic Concept and the Comprehensive Political Guidance, and secondly, the position of Spain in relation with the NATO SC, both before and after joining the Alliance in 1982. Finally, the present process of developing a new Strategic Concept is studied, including an assessment of the inadequacies present in some elements of the 1999 SC and an estimation of alternative ways to address these elements in the new Strategic Concept, leading to some concrete conclusions.

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Published
2010-01-01
How to Cite
Pérez Ramírez E. . (2010). The new strategic concept: a vision from Spain . UNISCI Discussion Papers, 22, 162-187. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/UNIS/article/view/UNIS1010130162A
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No. 22 (2010)
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