SDA Conference “Shaping NATO’s reform agenda”

15/09/2011

On June 29 the Security & Defence Agenda organised an international conference entitled “Shaping NATO’s reform agenda” with the support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, NATO, Lockheed Martin, IBM, the Atlantic Council and the Euro-Atlantic association of Belgium. The discussions focused on the current challenges facing NATO such as national defence cuts, missile defence policy and future strategic capabilities. The conference was co-chaired by SDA co-president and former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and SDA Director Giles Merritt with an introductory keynote speech delivered by the Dutch Defence Minister Hans Hillen.

 

 

The SDA is pleased to present the principal conclusions of the conference in this report.