NATO’s Strategic Concept defines the security challenges facing the Alliance and outlines the political and military tasks that NATO will carry out to address them.

NATO’s
STRATEGIC CONCEPT
The 2022 Strategic Concept was adopted at the Madrid Summit, 29-30 June 2022. Learn more about NATO’s enduring purpose and its fundamental security tasks.
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The Strategic Concept’s
KEY ASPECTS
° The Alliance’s key purpose and greatest responsibility is to ensure the collective defence of Allies. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty remains the bedrock of Allied collective defence.
° NATO’s three core tasks are deterrence and defence; crisis prevention and management; and cooperative security.