Publié le 03/03/2015
Jon RAHBEK-CLEMMENSEN, Sten RYNNING

The framework nations concept, elaborated in Germany, was endorsed at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Wales in 2014. It attempts to organize defense cooperation between a limited number of countries which share a certain cultural proximity. 

However, the concept does not help to clearly distinguish between objectives for long-term development capacity and short-term operational deployment. The concept is nevertheless poised to play an important role in future debate.

 

Article published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 80, No. 1, Spring 2015 [1]