ABCD 2011

Strategic trends and the utility of force

What are the trends in our strategic environment and what are their implications? To what extent are warfighting and armed suasion still the most important rationales for maintaining military force? How do emerging security issues (e.g. cyber threats) affect the role and utility of military force? Where is the line between war and peace? How can we maintain support for defence spending and military operations in post-military societies in the absence of a clear and direct military threat?

Speakers

Raphaël Glucksmann

Senior Advisor on Foreign Affairs and European Integration to the President, Georgia

Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen

Professor, Director of the Centre for Military Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Sir Richard Shirreff

General/British Army, DSACEUR, NATO Allied Command Operations

Nick Witney

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, UK

Moderator

Jüri Luik

Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO

Welcome address

Defence reform in Europe