Submitter:

Name:Owen Ambur

Email:Owen.Ambur@verizon.net

Organization:

Name:North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Acronym:NATO

Stakeholder(s):

• Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Secretary General


• NATO Group of Experts: At their Summit in Strasbourg/Kehl in April, 2009, Alliance leaders directed Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to convene a broadly-based group of qualified experts to prepare the ground for a new NATO Strategic Concept. The Group of Experts, led by its chair Madeleine K. Albright (United States) and vice-chair Jeroen van der Veer (The Netherlands), began work in September 2009. In line with its mandate to encourage an open discussion of NATO's organisation and purpose, the Group engaged in an extensive series of seminars and consultations with scholars and officials, civilian and military alike, from within and outside the Alliance. The Group, which submitted an interim statement to NATO's governing body (the North Atlantic Council) on November 24, 2009, presents now its final report. The document includes a summary of findings (Part One) and a more detailed discussion of leading issues (Part Two). The analysis and recommendations are intended to assist the Secretary General in drafting a new Strategic Concept for submission to NATO heads of government at the November 2010 summit in Lisbon.


• Madeleine K. Albright: Chair (United States)


• Jeroen van der Veer: Vice-Chair (The Netherlands)


• Ambassador Giancarlo Aragona: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Italy)


• Ambassador Marie Gervais-Vidricaire: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Canada)


• The Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (United Kingdom) (until 24 March 2010)


• Ambassador Ümit Pamir: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Turkey)


• Ambassador Fernando Perpiñá-Robert Peyra: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Spain)


• Ambassador Dr Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Germany)


• Mr. Bruno Racine: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (France)


• Professor Adam Daniel Rotfeld: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Poland)


• Ambassador Aivis Ronis: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Latvia) (until 5 May 2010)


• Ambassador Yannis-Alexis Zepos: Member of the NATO Group of Experts (Greece)


• North Atlantic Council


• Civilian Advisers to the Group of Experts


• Dr. Ronald Asmus: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Executive Director, Transatlantic Centre of the German Marshall Fund, Brussels


• Dr. Hans Binnendijk: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Vice President for Research and Director, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington


• Dr. Stephen Flanagan: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Senior Vice President and Kissinger Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington


• Mr. Camille Grand: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research, Paris


• Dr. Karl Heinz-Kamp: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Director, Research Division, NATO Defense College, Rome


• Mr. James O'Brien: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Principal, Albright Stonebridge Group


• Mr. Thomas Valasek: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Director of Foreign Policy and Defence, Centre for European Reform, London


• Mr. Max Valstar: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - assistant to the Vice-Chair


• Ms. Fariba Yassaee: Civilian Adviser to the Group of Experts - Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group


• Policy Planning Unit: NATO International Staff


• Dr. Jamie Shea: Director, Policy Planning Unit


• Mr. Antonio Ortiz: Policy Adviser


• LtCol Emmanuel Charpy: Policy Adviser