{"id":12802,"date":"2019-03-12T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/the-nato-assistant-secretary-general-for-operations-visits-the-nato-defense-college\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:25:27","slug":"the-nato-assistant-secretary-general-for-operations-visits-the-nato-defense-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/the-nato-assistant-secretary-general-for-operations-visits-the-nato-defense-college\/","title":{"rendered":"The NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations visits the NATO Defense College"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/134-ASG-OPS_Dr_Manza_2_1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr John Manza with NDC Dean Dr Stephen Mariano, Director of NDC Research Division Dr Thierry Tardy, and Colonel Laurent Currit\" \/><figcaption>Dr John Manza with NDC Dean Dr Stephen Mariano, Director of NDC Research Division Dr Thierry Tardy, and Colonel Laurent Currit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 11 March 2019, the NATO Defense College hosted NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Dr John Manza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Dr Manza was briefed on the core activities and mission of the College by the NDC Dean, Dr Stephen Mariano, and the Research Division Director, Dr Thierry Tardy. An exhaustive discussion followed, affording a valuable opportunity to improve synergies between NATO HQ and the College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Dr Manza also spent time in discussion with two  Committees of the NDC Modular Short Course, led by NDC Faculty Adviser Colonel Laurent  Currit. This very beneficial roundtable covered some crucial NATO topics: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span dir=\"LTR\"> <\/span>the Readiness Initiative (how to  put this into effect);<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"LTR\"> <\/span>burden sharing (few Allies have fulfilled  the 2% pledge \u2013 this topic will be discussed in Washington in April);<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"LTR\"> <\/span>operations in  Afghanistan\/Iraq\/Kosovo;<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"LTR\"> <\/span>NATO cooperation with IOs (OSCE,  UN, EU);<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"LTR\"> <\/span>Libya.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>\n(Prepared by Ms Francesca Buratti, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr John Manza with NDC Dean Dr Stephen Mariano, Director of NDC Research Division Dr Thierry Tardy, and<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-12802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 7 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le mars 12, 2019","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le mars 12, 2019 10:25","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:25"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12802"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}