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The following report by Martin Shipton provides an overview of discussions at the conference: Nato Summit 2014: Europe in a new and unpredictable world after war in Ukraine, says Ambassador (3rd September 2014)

The ongoing events in Ukraine have come as a significant wake-up call for the international community, prompting demands for a thorough reflection of NATO’s capacity to ensure peace and security within its territory and within that of its neighbours and strategic partners. Once again, the capability of European countries to contribute to NATO led responses and collective defence has been called into question.

Speakers include

Lauri Lepik

Ambassador

Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO

Jamie Shea

Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges

NATO

Steve McCarthy

Director, International Security Policy

UK Ministry of Defence

Ambassador Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy

NATO

Sir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG

Former UK Permanent Representative to NATO

Jason Hart

VP Cloud, Safenet and Vice Chair

E-Crime Wales

Stephen Fidler

Brussels Editor

Wall Street Journal

Jan Techau

Director

Carnegie Europe

David Jones

CEO

Westgate Cyber Security

Paul Adamson

Senior Policy Advisor, Covington & Burling LLP; Founder and Editor-in-Chief

E!Sharp

The pre-summit debate addressed the following core themes:

• What existing and emerging threats do NATO and its members face and what is at stake?
• How can the Alliance ensure its capabilities do not continue to be damaged by declining defence budgets?
• What is the likelihood of European countries developing greater strategic autonomy from both NATO and the US, while increasing their ability to contribute to the Alliance through dollars and resources?
• What should the key implementation actions be as a result of the NATO Summit?