{"id":13493,"date":"2022-10-01T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/an-ethical-response-to-an-unethical-adversary\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:36:49","slug":"an-ethical-response-to-an-unethical-adversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/an-ethical-response-to-an-unethical-adversary\/","title":{"rendered":"An ethical response to an unethical adversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class=\"list_homepage\">\n<li>\nNDC Policy Brief 16-22: <em><a href=\"\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=780\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"click to download (pdf)\"> An ethical response to an unethical adversary <\/a><\/em>, by Ian Anthony<a href=\"#_edn0\" name=\"_ednref0\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The war in Ukraine has been a strategic shock to<br \/>\nEurope, and the consequences are yet to be fully<br \/>\nassimilated. However, the fighting has revealed<br \/>\nstark differences between the Russian way of war and<br \/>\nthe manner in which NATO could respond. It clearly<br \/>\nbenefits NATO to adapt policies to the context of an<br \/>\noperation in Europe against a peer competitor and to<br \/>\nensure that it responds ethically even to an unethical<br \/>\nadversary. This presents the Alliance with a new set of<br \/>\nchallenges that impact not only military plans but also<br \/>\nNATO\u2019s goals in the realm of human security as stipulated in the new Strategic Concept.<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nGiven developments in the Russia-Ukraine war to<br \/>\ndate, this Policy Brief identifies military and non-military<br \/>\nareas in which NATO can reinforce an ethical response<br \/>\nin defence and operational planning. The military dimension includes enhancing missile defence, unconventional warfare and responding to aggressive nuclear<br \/>\nrethoric. Concerning non-military activities, NATO<br \/>\ncan target strategic communications, civil defence and<br \/>\naccountability for war crimes to uphold human security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a href=\"\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=780\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"click to download (pdf)\"><br \/>\nDownload the publication<\/a> to keep reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<hr style=\"height:1px; color:#e6e6e6;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller; color: darkslategrey ; margin-top:-1em;\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"edn0\">\n        <sup>*<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref0\" name=\"_edn0\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Director of the European Security Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"edn1\">\n        <sup>1<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>NATO, \u201cActive engagement, modern defence\u201d, 20 November 2010;<br \/>\n\u201cNATO 2022 Strategic Concept\u201d, 29 June 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"height:1px; color:#e6e6e6;\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class=\"np\"><a href=\"\/fr\/research\/research.php\/?icode=6\" target=\"_blank\">More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Policy Brief 16-22: An ethical response to an unethical adversary , by Ian Anthony* The war in<\/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-13493","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 4 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 1, 2022","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 1, 2022 08:30","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:36"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493","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=13493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13493"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}