NATO Defense College

🛡️It was an absolute pleasure to visit the Royal Military Academy, Belgium and to hear CHOD Vanisa about Belgium's national defence and strategic priorities. Thank you General for the great insights shared with our delegation today! 🇧🇪

On Wednesday, the NDC visit to NATO Headquarters allowed the delegation to gain firsthand insights into NATO's most pressing #strategic imperatives. The Director General of the International Military Staff Lt Gen Janusz Adamczak delivered a keynote address, followed by a panel discussion featuring Mr Angus Lapsley CMG Assistant Secretary General Defence Planning and Policy, NATO HQ; MajGen Ulf Haeussler, Director, Operations and Planning Division, IMS; Mr Thijs Van der Plas, Dutch Permanent Representative to NATO; and General Richard Ringuet, French Deputee Military Representative to #NATO. The discussion centered around: 🇺🇦Enhancing deterrence and defence in the Euro-Atlantic area while maintaining vital support for Ukraine, 🤝 Strengthening the #transatlantic relation through increased European defence spending and commitment, 🛡️ Enhancing readiness through restructured #defence planning with the DDA family of plans, capability development, and closer ties with the defence industry, 📌 Bolstering deterrence through the reinforcement of credible and capable #nuclear capabilities, 🇪🇺 Strengthening #partnerships with the EU, national partners, and other regional organizations with a focus on interoperability, training, and capacity building. #WeAreNATO #Deterrence #Defence #Partnerships

💬 Today at NATO Headquarters 🇧🇪 , the NDC Commandant LGEN Max A.L.T. Nielsen engaged in high-level discussions with the NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska and the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff LGEN Janusz Adamczak on the NDC's vital contribution to the Alliance through: 🎯 Cultivating strategic thinking and better preparing our future leaders for complex #security challenges, 🤝 Enhancing human #interoperability among Allies & partners, 🎓 Exploring the future of strategic #education for NATO. #WeAreNATO

This Tuesday, the NDC visited the NATO - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), an opportunity for the delegation to understand how it ensures NATO’s #readiness and ability to deter and defend against multidimensional threats in a rapidly changing security landscape.   The briefings underlined the crucial importance of the Concept for Deterrence and Defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area (DDA) family of plans, defining and implementing #NATO's strategy across the spectrum of conflict involving: 🛡️ SHAPE’s transformation into strategic a warfighting headquarters   🤝 Emphasis on collective #defence and cooperative #security   🪖  Improvements in the speed, coherence and scale of force employment   ⚔️ Adaptation and modernization of military capabilities   ⚙️ Increased training and exercises   💭 Development of a shared understanding and cohesive approach to NATO’s strategic priorities   Thank you to all our speakers for sharing their insights with Senior Course 146 and NATO Regional Cooperation Course 33!   #WeAreNATO

⚓ "The hunt for Red October in warmer oceans - Climate change and anti-submarine warfare", by Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli Security scholars have traditionally looked at climate change from the perspective of civil wars, migrations and pervasive instability. NATO has recently started looking at climate change as one of the main threat–multipliers characterizing the current international system. Climate change can have a real impact on interstate rivalry and strategic competition, specifically by affecting water temperatures, currents and salinity, and thus sonar performance – a key asset in submarine and anti-submarine warfare. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/duvUxY6G #Research #Future #climatechange #WeAreNATO

Today, the NDC Commandant Lieutenant General Max A.L.T. Nielsen met with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair of the NATO Military Committee. Their discussion centered on the NDC's pivotal role in shaping #NATO's future leaders through senior-level strategic #education, and underlined their commitment to forging a stronger, safer Alliance through enhanced #cooperation. 🤝 #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether

The #EU's strategic shift towards deterrence and defence in focus🛡️🇪🇺   On Monday, the NDC visited the European Military Staff (EUMS) in Brussels, providing senior military and civilian officials a first-hand insight into the EU's focus on:   🔘 Reiterating its unwavering support to #Ukraine as a key priority. 🔘 Developing a unified EU-wide approach to defence and deterrence through the work of the first EU Commissioner for Defence and Space. 🔘 "Spending more, and spending better" on defence, both through the European Commission’s ReArm Plan and the upcoming White Paper on the Future of European Defence. 🔘 The operationalization and upscaling of its military capabilities. 🔘 Strengthening strategic partnerships with an enhanced focus on increased interoperability, information sharing, and joint procurement. 🔘 Reinforcing the crucial and complementary #NATO-#EU partnership. 🔘 Building resilient societies and developing an all-encompassing approach to civil defence and deterrence. Course Members received briefings from Major General Gabor Horvath, Deputy Director General, European Union Military Staff and Director Military Planning and Conduct Capability; Mr Cosmin Dobran, Director, Peace, Partnership and Crisis Management, European External Action Service; and Mr Benjamin Hartmann, Cabinet Member, EU Commissioner Andrius Kubilius – Defence and Space. #WeAreNATO

NATO researchers are studying the alliance’s worst-case scenarios — before they happen. Dr Florence Gaub and her team at the NATO Defense College are hunting for “weak signals” — subtle shifts that could spiral into crises, from a Russian missile strike on a NATO state to panic over bioweapons. “If you spot a trend very early, you buy yourself a lot more time to respond,” Gaub told Business Insider. Gaub’s biggest fear? A Russian hybrid attack triggering Article 5 — only for allies to hesitate. “The one thing everybody at NATO fears is calling the day on Article 5 and discovering that not all allies are on board,” Gaub said. Here’s what NATO is preparing for: https://lnkd.in/eeyTBufA (Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) #NATO #Defense #College #alliance #article5 #Russia #weak #signals #hybrid #attack 

💼 Multilateral diplomacy in action: exploring #consensus-building at the #UN Security Council (UNSC) On 12 and 13 March, Senior Course 146 participated in the MSX, an immersive UNSC simulation inspired by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)’s “Model Diplomacy”. Navigating a crisis management scenario by stepping into the roles of UNSC decision-makers, participants honed their #mediation skills and learned about the complexities of international #negotiation. 🤝 Learn more about this simulation exercise: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dHwENXg7 #WeAreNATO #Education

📣 WE ARE HIRING! - Faculty Advisor/Researcher, NATO Grade G-20 (A4) 🗓️ Deadline 14 April 2025 https://lnkd.in/dgaE2bA #WeAreHiring #jobs #opportunities #ApplyNow