Dear Visitors,

 We appreciate your active participation in the Forum and your interest in our live video sessions. To continue this process, we are announcing the next round of our online discussions.

 We will keep the format of thematic discussions related to the key Strategic Concept seminars. The next such seminar – which will take place in Norway in January – will examine NATO’s evolving partnerships.

 Consequently, our next topic for the online discussion is “The Future of NATO’s partnerships”.  The questions we hope to answer include:

• How NATO can better connect with other international and regional players – states, international and regional organisations as well as non-governmental ones?
• What lessons learned can be drawn from already existing political and military cooperation with partners?

 Please share your thoughts, concerns or questions on any aspect related to NATO’s cooperation with the outside world. We will try to respond to your ideas and summarize the discussion again with another live video session in December.

 As food for thought, please consider reading our NATO A-Z page on the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Programme as well as one on the Alliance’s partnerhsip with non-NATO countries.

 Let us know what you think!

 The Moderating Team

Watch the live discussion here

Dear Visitors,

Thank you for participating in the discussion on NATO’s core tasks. We would now like to steer the discussion towards the second theme: The political dimension of NATO’s operations.

What should NATO’s operations look like in the future?
How should NATO make decisions on its operations?
How should it work with other international organizations?
How can it define common strategies, and improve strategic communication?

The topic will be running for approximately two weeks, until the third discussion theme will be announced.

For now, please tailor your contributions towards this topic. It will help us in feeding your input into the expert deliberations on the new Strategic Concept.

We are keen to hear your thoughts and ideas on this new theme.