Thursday, September 23, 2010

ATA and YATA discussion on the new NATO´s Strategic Concept at GLOBSEC 2010

On 14th September, the Slovak Atlantic Commission organised a discussion of Civilian Advisers to NATO GoE on the new Strategic Concept (STEVEN FLANAGAN and CAMILLE GRAND). The discussion was chaired by TOMÁŠ VALÁŠEK, Member of the Board of SAC, and among participants were members of 9 chapters of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) and Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA).

The discussion represented a unique opportunity for opinion-makers and young leaders from Euro-Atlantic area to discuss process of preparation of the new NATO's Strategic Concept two weeks before NATO Secretary General introduces his draft of the document at the end of September. The discussion also embraced remarks of Amb. ANATOLY ADAMISHIN, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, on the European Security Treaty of President Medvedev in relation to the new Strategic Concept, and remarks of Amb. JERZY NOWAK, Vice – President of the Polish Euro – Atlantic Association.

Photo gallery from the discussion is available at http://www.ata-sac.org/globsec2010/index.php?mact=Album,m6,default,1&m6albumid=29&m6returnid=55&page=55

Report from the discussion you can find at http://www.ata-sac.org/subory/file/Report_Briefing_ATA.pdf

1 comment:

DBennett said...

As an American on the opposite side of the Atlantic its very difficult to travel to Europe for YATA events and discussions, and even more difficult to meet directly with top military and civilian decision makers, let alone heads of state. It's truly amazing that the European YATA members have access to this. Now that there's a North American member on the YATA board perhaps some of that will change.