NATO Strategic Concept on China

What British policymakers and business leaders need to know

“Pervasive instability, rising strategic competition and advancing authoritarianism challenge the Alliance’s interests and values.”

Hello,

NATO has just published a new Strategic Concept, its first in 12 years. This document sets out NATO’s vision “to live in a world where sovereignty, territorial integrity, human rights and international law are respected and where each country can choose its own path, free from aggression, coercion or subversion. We work with all who share these goals. We stand together, as Allies, to defend our freedom and contribute to a more peaceful world.”

For the first time, China features - and at length.

This short note breaks down each mention for policymakers and business leaders in a succinct manner, and examines opening remarks delivered by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warning China that an invasion of Taiwan would be a “catastrophic miscalculation”.

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