THE EUROPEAN – SECURITY AND DEFENCE UNION
NATO’s lessons learned and its new horizon
NATO 2030: securing an uncertain future by Camille Grand, Assistant Secretary General, Defence Investment, NATO, Brussels
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e face a challenging security environment marked by systemic competition from assertive powers, instability near Europe’s borders, terrorism, cyber-attacks, disinformation, and much more. This year, NATO leaders took the decisions needed to strengthen our Alliance in light of these threats and to prepare it for the future. At our NATO Summit in June 2021, Allied Heads of State and Government reaffirmed their unity and solidarity and agreed the further adaptation of the Alliance. President Biden also stressed the renewed and enduring commitment of the United States to NATO.
NATO’s ability to adapt to evolving threats NATO’s strength lies in its ability to adapt to evolving threats and ensure the continuity of its core tasks of collective de-
fence, crisis management and cooperative security. NATO 2030 is a vision for preparing the Alliance to meet the challenges both of today and of tomorrow. No country, no continent can deal with these challenges alone. But in NATO, we are not alone. NATO is a unique platform that brings together North America and Europe every day to consult on matters of security. NATO 2030 will deepen this unity by consulting on a broader range of threats. It will strengthen our deterrence and defence with more common funded resources, building on the steady increases over the past years in defence spending. It will broaden the security agenda, addressing issues such as resilience and the impact of climate change. It will ensure that Allies have reliable and resilient infrastructure and telecommunications
Camille Grand is Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment at NATO since October 2016. He was previously Director of the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, the leading French think tank on defence and security (from 2008 to 2016). In this capacity, he has contributed to several senior expert panels for NATO, EU, UN as well as for the French Government. Mr Grand has also held senior positions in the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence. He taught at the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po Paris, at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) and at the French Army Academy.
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