NATO's new Strategic Concept: Transatlantic security agenda and its implications for Australia
b'NATO\\u2019s Madrid Summit in June brought about the Alliance\\u2019s long-awaited new Strategic Concept which delivered an assessment of a much more adversarial international environment and set out a vision for at least the next decade. While the document makes it clear the 30 countries-strong alliance is attuned to the challenges from outside its core geographical and functional areas, it will be looking much closer to home for at least some time to come given the Russian Federation\\u2019s aggression in Ukraine and threats to NATO\\u2019s eastern flank. Yet, the fact the Indo-Pacific region received a mention for the very first time in NATO\\u2019s strategic communication, and Australia implicitly got called upon as a partner that will be crucial in enacting the Alliance\\u2019s strategic ambitions, should not be underestimated.\\nTo discuss the details of NATO\\u2019s 2022 Strategic Concept and its implications for Australia, the United States Studies Centre hosted a panel discussion with: Dr Benedetta Berti - Head of the Policy Planning Unit in the Office of the Secretary General, NATO; Ms Ciara Spencer - First Assistant Secretary, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Professor Stephan Fr\\xfchling - Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National Universit; and Dr Gorana Grgic - Senior Lecturer in US Foreign Policy, United States Studies Centre. This project is sponsored by NATO.'