ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book analyses how NATO is adapting and how it can retain its strategic importance during this current period of change and crisis. It describes the risks and dangers NATO faces in the strategic environment, how NATO has and can readjust to those challenges, and why NATO is very capable of doing so. The book discusses the Russian challenge in many ways came as a surprise for many of NATO’s members when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014. It argues that the US interest in Europe has decreased a lot since the end of the Cold War. The chapter also argues that large parts of Europe are in financial crisis, which increases tensions between northern and southern Europe, and makes it more difficult to increase defence spending.
