Reinvent yourself! 75 years of NATO’s strategic evolution

• Gerlinde Niehus ^[1]
  1. [1] NATO, Defence and Security Cooperation, Deputy Director
• Localización: Future Europe Journal, ISSN-e 2790-3354, ISSN 2790-3346, Nº. 5, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Defending Europe: geopolitics, innovation, democracy), págs. 34-41
• Idioma: inglés
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  • NATO is often misleadingly labelled a military organisation and thus is typically associated with military might and, in the words of Joseph Nye, hard power. However, NATO is first and foremost a politicalmilitary organisation, with the primacy of politics at its core – and military strength as a means to an end, not an end it itself. Therefore, soft power and the ability to attract, co-opt, and persuade are key features of the organisation.