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. >>> ahead of next year's nato summit in britain, the atlantic council held an event looking at the future of military alliance and missile defense capabilities. a former u.s. ambassador to nato and several former defense department officials took part in this event. it's an hour and 35 minutes. >> those in the back, come up closer. good afternoon. my name is ian brzezinski, a senior fellow here. i have the privilege of serving as your moderator for our afternoon panel. nato posture, nuclear conventional and missile defense. let me start by thanking our partners in crime here at the norwegian institute of defense studies, it's been a great relationship for them and sponsorship the norwegian ministry of defense has provided to us. we started this morning with a focus an asymmetrical threats. over lunch we drifted back into the current realm of contemporary operations and had a provocative statement on a more traditional long-standing dimension of deterrence of the nuclear weapons. that is going to be one of the foci of our panel focusing on long-standing, but argue nonetheless releva

looks at financial instruments, how they play a role in deterrence. i think they could be better integrated into nato's deterrence approach. and so with the atlantic council here, we're looking at a lot of these tools and trying to look at how to better integrate them in terms of deterrence in asia and in this conversation, deterrence in europe. let me just end by saying, i think everything i just said sort of has four implications for the portfolio approach we need to take to nato's deterrent. number one, i think nato has to really greatly differentiate its partnerships in the middle east and in asia, for the reasons that are quite obvious in terms of what's going on in the world. number two, i think the alliance's challenge advantages -- technology advantages are in danger of being lost. there's so many pacing, competitive activities under way in china, in russia, among individuals in niche areas. i think it takes a lot more concerted effort for the alliance to retain its technology advantages in key areas. third, i think strategic foresight should be practiced at nato, and that is looking more at these longer term trends, but coming back to the present

. >> i think this may have been our own cyber attack here at the atlantic council. >> and when we look at what's happened to cyber, not just as crime, not just as a collection of individual cyber attacks, but as actual conflict, and how else should nato look at cyber other than actual conflict? we find that all of these technical things, speed of light, you never know who's responsible, it's so difficult to warn about, two people in the computer constitute as strategic capability. none of that, it's true at the technical level, but it's not true at the level of conflict. because what you found when you look at it as conflict is that it overwhelmingly takes place within existing conflict or an ongoing conflict between existing national rivals, which means that all of these technical truths fall away, because you're generally going to know who's responsible, because it's going to be the country that you're involved with an existing conflict about. anyone that was confused about estonia in 2007, people would say, oh, it traces back to 178 different countries. we couldn't possibly tell who

no, it really is i think fitting to have the opportunity to talk about my four years at nato and sort of what the future looks like here at the atlantic council that has done over the many years so much to support transatlantic relations, to support nato, and support, indeed, my own work when i was in brussels, including in the runup to and during the nato summit in chicago when the atlantic council worked very closely hand in hand, i should say, with the chicago council on global affairs to bring nato to the united states and to remind people what -- how important this alliance is. that's really what i want to talk about. next year is the 65th anniversary of nato. in most countries, not all, but in most countries in europe, that means you retire. so the real question, it seems to me for nato, is, is it time for nato to retire? my answer is i surely hope not. for one i think it's healthy to continue working after you're 65, but more importantly, is the fact that we, the united states, need nato, and i would argue that we, the ah nitd state-- un states, need nato more than ever. so the real question is not whether nato needs to retire but the

it is really fitting to have the opportunity to talk about my four years at nato and what the future looks like here at the atlantic council we have done so much to support transatlantic relations and nato. and to support my own work when i was in brussels. theuding, in the run-up to nato summit in chicago. when the atlantic council worked very closely, hand-in-hand, with the chicago council on global affairs to bring nato to the united states. and to remind people how poor in this alliance really is. that is what i want to talk about. next year is the 65th anniversary of nato. in most countries, not all, but most in europe, that means you retire. , is it timestion is for nato to retire? may answer is, i surely hope not. for one, i think it is healthy to continue working after 65. more importantly, is the fact that we've united states need nato and i would argue that we the united states need nato more than ever. not whetherstion is nato needs to retire. the real question is whether nato will still be there for us when we need it. that is what i want to talk about. if there is a challenge. -- i hopequestion nato can adapt

live now at the atlantic council. this event will look at the impact of u.s. and iran relations, how their -- stability in afghanistan the rest of the region. live coverage here on c-span2. >> was launched in 2010, and originally it was co-chaired by ambassador stuart eizenstat and then senator chuck hagel. and then senator hagel got a better offer and moved on. so it is now chaired solely by ambassador eizenstat. and the purpose was to help us perform a comprehensive analysis of iran's internal political landscape as well as israel in the region in the world and to answer the question as to whether there were elements within the country and the region that could build the basis for an improved relationship with the west and how these elements, if it exists, could be used by u.s. policymakers in the dialogue with iran. that dialogue is progressing, even today we are waiting for, as my colleague, barbara slavin, said earlier this morning, the white smoke from the top of the chimney stack in geneva as to whether there's a deal or no deal. i also want to acknowle

the atlantic council. we welcome you all. i look forward in this hearing to hear your respective on the realities we face in syria, the state of play, the progress we have made, and where we go from here strategically, especially given the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that is spreading across the region. 7 million syrians have fled their homes. more than 2 million refugees have fled to surrounding countries. the regional impact is enormous. in lebanon, the presence of 750,000 refugees is equivalent to 58 million refugees entering the united states. with 4000 refugees fleeing syria every day, for the sake of the region of the world we must find a resolution to this humanitarian crisis. now we read reports of the breakdown in syria's health services with the world health organization warning of confirmed aces of polio which will be that the iceberg and a setback in the campaign to eradicate polio warm wild. while players seek to address the humanitarian crisis, there is no one in sight. despite the fact that most of us today would

the atlantic council. we welcome you all. i look forward in this hearing to hear your respective on the realities we face in syria, the state of play, the progress we have made, and where we go from here strategically, especially given the catastrophic human crisis that is spreading across the region. 7 million syrians have fled their homes. more than 2 million refugees have fled to surrounding countries. the regional impact is normous. in lebanon, the presence of 750,000 refugees is equivalent to 58 million refugees entering the united states. with 4000 refugees fleeing syria every day, for the sake of the region of the world we must find a resolution to this humanitarian crisis. now we read reports of the breakdown in syria's health services with the world health organization warning of confirmed cases of polio which ill be the iceberg and a setback in the campaign to eradicate polio worldwide. while players seek to address the humanitarian crisis, there is no one in sight. despite the fact that most of us today would agree that a

the new book out called treasury's work which looks of finance instruments. i think they can be better integrated into deterrence approach. at the atlantic council here we are talking about a lot of the tools and how to better integrate them into turns in asia and in this conversation to deterrence in europe. everything has applications for the artfully approach that we need to take you to differentiate the partnership in the middle east and asia are quite obvious in terms of what's going on in the world. number two, the alliance of technology advantage is in danger of being robbed there is competitive activities underway. in china and russia among individuals and i think it takes a much more concerted and focused effort for the alliance to begi meeting its technology advantages in key areas. looking more at the longer-term trends but coming back to the present and saying what do all these things mean for the current planning, for that contingency planning and the strategic concept, for the capabilities, discussions, etc. this is a new but important element. last a lot of nonstate actors need to be brought into the efforts b-day energy companies

back and look at that report, you will see that the agreement that was reached and some of the other measures that were part of this agreement were all recommendations of the atlantic council task force. enough of a commercial for our efforts. i promised i would play devil's advocate a little bit because, as you will see, i think we generally agree that this is a positive development. let me briefly sketch some of the main elements of the deal. iran stops producing uranium .hat is enriched to 20% this is very close to weapons grade. iran will stop it and take the stockpile and has an turn it into a form that cannot easily be made into weapons. ins puts time on the clock terms of whether iran could break out and make a nuclear weapon. iran also will stop most of its work at a place called arak, which is a heavy water reactor. if completed, it could yield plutonium in its spent fuel, and iran has basically agreed to pause on this as well for six months. iranians are not going to add any new centrifuges to the 10,000 that are spinning away. they are going to give the international atomic energy agency daily access to their enrichment facilities. right now, the iaea gets to go