NATO Summit in the spirit of the deterrence and defense (Warsaw July 8–9, 2016)

Abstract

The key objective is a unified, powerful, and ready to adapt Alliance. The Warsaw Summit was an important contribution towards the realization of NATO’s collective defense program. The study reviews the initiatives aimed at increasing the defense capabilities of NATO, in recent decades the development of the defense budget trends.The Summit especially dealt with military capabilities and operations, special attention was devoted to emerging threats on Alliance’s eastern and southern borders, and to NATO-Russia relations.