Experts pitch new military strategy project for NATO, laying down Ukraine's membership

21.01.2024 23:39

Ukrinform

On January 19, a project of a new military strategy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was presented at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The document provides for Ukraine’s membership and the military strengthening of the bloc’s Eastern flank in order to deter Russia and strengthen European security.

That’s according to Guildhall, Ukrinform reports.

The strategy was developed and presented by Potomac Foundation President Dr. Philip Karber and Canadian Armed Forces Lieutenant General (Retired) Trevor Cadieu. Potomac Foundation Director Peter Halpin also took part in the presentation.

The authors pitched proposals regarding the potential directions of NATO’s new military strategy in the face of modern geopolitical challenges. As noted during the event, the strategy offers a response to growing threats, including to European security, the source of which is Russia’s aggressive policy and military operations.

The strategy envisages setting up new centers of gravity in order to deter Russia, which include both current members (Poland, Finland, Romania) and potential members of the Alliance (Sweden and Ukraine). The report emphasizes Ukraine's special role in the Alliance's new military strategy and emphasizes the need for NATO's support for Ukraine in restoring its territorial integrity and protecting national sovereignty.

Separately, the need for Ukraine's membership in the Alliance was emphasized as a tool for ensuring stability and peace in Europe in the medium and long term.

It should be recalled that on the eve of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Potomac Foundation President Professor Philip Karber and Canadian Armed Forces Lieutenant General (Retired) Trevor Cadieu presented the report "Where Goes Ukraine and NATO Strategy?", in which they raise the problem of the absence of NATO’s security strategy for Eastern Europe for NATO and call on the Alliance to form a fundamentally new strategy for deterring Russia both in the short-term and in the long-term perspective, and to document the need for Ukraine's membership in NATO for the implementation of such a strategy in Eastern Europe.