Marking ten years after adopting NATO’s Active Engagement, Modern Defense strategy, the workshop brings together experts, scholars, and policymakers to reflect on NATO’s relations with the great powers and its contribution to peace through collective security. Workshop participants will discuss NATO’s relations with Russia and China, and the role the United States plays in the alliance. They will also reflect on the costs and benefits of multilateral interventions, including joint training and exercises. The Fletcher School’s Center for Strategic Studies will bring a unique data-driven perspective on the multilateral use of force, relying on the novel Military Intervention Project’s (MIP) database. MIP data will shed light on the differences between NATO versus non-NATO led military interventions in recent decades. This event will serve as a platform for dialogue on the nature and consequences of the multilateral usage of force abroad and its future trajectories. Please register via myFletcher.

Roundtable 1: NATO and the great powers: Members, Partners, Potential Adversaries | 11:15 am – 12:30 pm EST

Join our speakers discussing the relationships between NATO, Russia, and China; the role of the United States in the alliance, and NATO capabilities for defending its members, building partnerships, and deterring potential adversaries.

EJ Herold, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment (2012-2018), Executive Director of IISS–Americas

Mary Sarotte, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at SAIS

Robert Bell, Defense Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2010 – 2017), PhD Candidate at Fletcher School

Igor Istomin, Associate Professor, Department of Applied International Political Analysis, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO); Senior Scholar, Davis Center, Harvard University

Thomas Cavanna, Assistant Research Professor of Strategic Studies, Fletcher School