NATO has publicly released its revised Alliance Maritime Strategy in an Unclassified document reflecting the wide-ranging dissemination to 'stakeholders in industry and academia, partners and the public'.
"The world is inextricably connected by its oceans and seas. They are essential to ensure global commerce and our way of life."
The revised strategy is aligned with NATO’s two key military concepts, i.e. the Concept for the Deterrence and Defence of the Euro Atlantic Area (DDA) and the NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept(NWCC).
"The aim of this strategy, in line with applicable and extant NATO policy, is to demonstrate how Alliance maritime power addresses threats and challenges to NATO from all directions, based on a 360-degree approach, and contributes to the fulfilment of its three core tasks: deterrence and defence; crisis prevention and management; and cooperative security."
Non-Military Actors
As stated: "Alliance maritime forces will deter, detect and counter threats to maritime and environmental security, including maritime critical infrastructure. The Alliance will improve information exchange, tracking assessing and attributing incidents, deploying innovative solutions and developing new technologies for surveillance and tracking. These efforts will be enhanced by increased synchronization and cooperation with non-military actors."
Increasingly, civil society actors are being included in the data gathering of threats at sea, this includes the global shipping supply chain. As such, access to civil society reporting, findings and recommendations are shaping NATOs approach, including to Human Security.
This includes consideration of findings from UN agencies, UN Special Rapporteurs, and all actors operating in the maritime environment.
ENDS.
Source: NATO SHAPE/PLANS/S DF/OCS/GCI25-100661
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