{"id":13505,"date":"2022-10-14T15:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/modular-short-course-msc-141-1-on-contemporary-nato\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:37:00","slug":"modular-short-course-msc-141-1-on-contemporary-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/modular-short-course-msc-141-1-on-contemporary-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Modular Short Course (MSC 141-1) on \u201cContemporary NATO\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SC141-MSC141-1_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Participants to Modular Short Course (MSC 141-1) on \u201cContemporary NATO\u201d\" \/><figcaption>Participants to Modular Short Course (MSC 141-1) on \u201cContemporary NATO\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">From 10 to 14 October 2022, the Modular Short Course  on \u201cContemporary NATO\u201d (MSC 141-1) took place at the NATO Defense College (NDC). Composed of lectures, Q&#038;A sessions and committee work, the Course is designed to analyse the complex, challenging and evolving environment in which NATO operates and how the Alliance should adapt to remain a relevant and effective force for good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">MSC 141-1 is run in conjunction with Senior Course 141 and aims to provide Course Members with an overview of some of the global security challenges identified within the scope of the \u201cContemporary NATO\u201d theme. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The start of the Course was marked with welcome remarks by the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant-General Olivier Rittimann. Each of the five days began with a preparatory committee discussion, followed by a lecture and a Q&#038;A session. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Day 1 was focused on \u201cThe Role of NATO in the Current Security Environment\u201d, with lectures delivered by Lieutenant-General Hans-Werner Wiermann and Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp, followed by committee discussions. Day 2 centred on \u201cNATO and the Transatlantic Link\u201d, with lectures in the morning provided by Prof. Sten Rynning and Dr John R. Deni, followed by committee work during the afternoon. Day 3 was devoted to \u201cHow NATO Works\u201d and Course Members were briefed by Brigadier-General (Ret.) Dr Patrick Wouters and Colonel Thomas Boll Bork. On Day 4, the topic of discussion was \u201cNATO Partnerships \u2013 Opportunities and Challenges\u201d, with lectures delivered by Ms Nina Soljan and Dr Kevin Koehler, followed by committee discussions. \u201cThe Present and Future of NATO\u2019s Crisis Management\u201d was the topic for the final day, addressed by lecturers Dr Thierry Tardy and Lieutenant-General (Ret.) Jan Broeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br>(Prepared by Ms Sofia Carvalheiro, PRT C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants to Modular Short Course (MSC 141-1) on \u201cContemporary NATO\u201d From 10 to 14 October 2022, the Modular<\/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-13505","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 14, 2022","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 14, 2022 15:14","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:37"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13505","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=13505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13505"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}