Foreign Policy
May 21, 2010
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright chaired a commission charged with reviewing NATO’s “strategic concept.” Last revised in 1999, the strategic concept is “an official document that outlines NATO’s enduring purpose and nature and its fundamental security tasks.” On May 17, Albright’s “Group of Experts” released its report, which forecasts the security environment through 2020 and lists recommendations for how NATO should respond. The group’s conclusion? NATO should slim down, scale back, and pass the ball.
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