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This article was written in 1982 by Sir Clive Rose, a former Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council from the United Kingdom. In it, Sir Clive provides a personal view on the 1982 NATO Summit in Bonn, Germany, where Allied leaders agreed to invite Spain to join NATO. Forty years later, having just concluded the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid, we can look back and see many familiar themes in Sir Clive\u2019s words \u2013 but also notice some key differences between then and now. \n\nThe 1982 Bonn Summit set the course for the Alliance for the last decade of the Cold War \u2013 just as the 2022 Madrid Summit has redefined NATO\u2019s strategic direction for the future.