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Commander of the LANDCOM during closing remarks of the lecture in the auditorium

21 Oct. 2020

The Commander of the NATO Allied Land Command visits NDC

On 20 October 2020, Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier, the newly appointed Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), visited the NATO Defense College for the first time since assuming command.

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LGEN Olivier Rittimann, Commandant of the NATO Defense College, during the welcoming address.

NATO Defense College hosts the 67th Anciens’ Annual Conference and Seminar with a virtual address by keynote speaker NATO Deputy Secretary General, Dr Mircea Dan Geoană

His Holiness, Pope Francis during the Audience.

NDC Delegation at the Papal Audience

01 Oct. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 16: "A renewed collective defense bargain? NATO in COVID’s shadow"
25 Sep. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 15: "NATO and the COVID-19 emergency: actions and lessons"
10 Sep. 2020 NDC Research Paper 12: "NATO’s Strategic Foundations: Values, Deterrence, and Arms Control"
16 Jul. 2020 NDC Research Paper 11: "Russia’s Emerging Global Ambitions"
16 Jul. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 14: "Revitalizing NATO’s once robust standardization programme "
13 Jul. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 13: "NATO and 5G: what strategic lessons?"
30 Jun. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 12: "NATO’s strategic redirection to the South"
15 Jun. 2020 NDC Research Paper 10: "Recalibrating NATO Nuclear Policy"
09 Jun. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 11: "NATO and CSDP: party and public positioning in Germany and France"
28 May. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 10: "NATO’s needed offensive cyber capabilities"
25 May. 2020 NDC Research Paper 9: "COVID-19: NATO in the Age of Pandemics"
20 May. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 09: "Projecting Stability to the South: NATO’s other challenge"
19 May. 2020 Russian Studies 03: "“The overhaul of Russian strategic planning for the Arctic Zone to 2035”"
27 Apr. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 08: "The NATO Pipeline System: a forgotten defence asset "
06 Apr. 2020 NDC Policy Brief 07: "Time for a NATO strategy on North Korea? "

12 Sep. 2018 Senior Course
31 Aug. 2020 NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC)
28 Aug. 2020 Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors' Course (GFOAC)
09 Apr. 2019 Senior Executive Regional Conference (SERC)
13 Nov. 2018 Modular Short Courses (MSCs)
13 Nov. 2018 Integrated Partner Orientation Course (IPOC)

24 Sep. 2020 Announcing the 67th Annual Anciens' Conference & Seminar
17 Jul. 2020 We did it!
16 Jul. 2020 SC 136 Graduation Ceremony and NDC Change of Command
13 Feb. 2020 A glimpse of Senior Course 135 Graduation Ceremony
31 Jan. 2020 SC 135 Graduation Ceremony address
04 Dec. 2019 NDC behind the scenes – a close-up of the 66th Anciens’ Seminar Conference
18 Oct. 2019 Keynote address by Professor Jamie SHEA at the 66th Anciens' Seminar
07 Nov. 2017 Military Education: a fundamental dimension of NATO Partnerships
05 Oct. 2017 Implications of the transformation of the Middle-Eastern System for NATO
28 Sep. 2017 The importance of partnerships for NATO

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67th Anciens' Seminar

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67th Anciens' Seminar

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Oct 26

Modular Short Course 137-3 "NATO: Present and Future II"
Nov 2

Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors Course (GFOAC) 2020/2 Rome
Nov 6

NATO Regional Cooperation Course 24 Graduation

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