Heidi Hardt, PhD, assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine, discusses her new book — “NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organizations” — and how large institutions remember lessons learned with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Hans Binnendijk, PhD, former special assistant to the president and former senior director for defense policy now a senior fellow at SAIS and adjust political scientist at RAND, and Dov Zakheim, PhD, former under secretary of defense (comptroller) who is now an Atlantic Council board member, discuss the health of the NATO alliance, challenges and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event in Washington to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Atlantic Alliance. The event was sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other leading organizations like the German Foreign Ministry and other think tanks.
Adm. Manfred Nielson, German Navy, NATO’s deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, discusses the alliance’s recent exercises in Albania and Georgia, building capability development capabilities, and improving civil-military integration to address security challenges with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages conference sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other think tanks in Washington, DC, to mark the 70th anniversary of NATO that founded by the Washington Treaty on April 4, 1949, with 12 nations that has grown to 29 nations today.
Stephen Flanagan, PhD, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation think tank, discusses the challenges facing NATO on its 70th anniversary, challenges, as well as Turkey and the alliance with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the NATO Engages: The Alliance at 70 event sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other think tanks and organizations to mark NATO’s founding with the signing of the Washington Treaty on April 4, 1949. From those 12 founding nations, 29 nations are now members.