NATO: pierwszy rok po Trumpie – wielkie nadzieje i rosyjska „próba ognia”
NATO: First year after Trump – Great expectations and “trial by fire” by Russia
Author(s): Marek MadejSubject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Russia; Ukraine; Belarus; Afghanistan; NATO 2030; new strategic concept; nuclear sharing; emerging disruptive technologies – EDT; NATO–Russia Council – NRC;
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the functioning of NATO in 2021. It opens with a brief presentation of the strategic context of transatlantic cooperation, stressing the importance of the new US administration for the improvement in contacts between allies. Next, it discusses the activities of NATO in the fi rst part of the year, focusing on the preparation to NATO Brussels summit in June. It also analyzes in more detail the results of the summit, particularly in the context of the work on the future NATO strategic concept. In the second part of the year, it focuses on NATO response to external crises, starting with its reaction to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, then the response to the increase in numbers of illegal border crossings in its eastern fl ank members, instigated by Belarus, and ending with NATO–Russia relations in light of the Russian military build-up around Ukraine and Moscow’s proposals concerning European security architecture. It also offers some predictions concerning the functioning of NATO in 2022.
Journal: Rocznik Strategiczny
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 27
- Page Range: 97-113
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish