{"id":13514,"date":"2022-10-25T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/ndc-nirc-inauguration-of-joint-modular-short-course-gulf-week\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:37:10","slug":"ndc-nirc-inauguration-of-joint-modular-short-course-gulf-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/ndc-nirc-inauguration-of-joint-modular-short-course-gulf-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC-NIRC: Inauguration of Joint Modular Short Course \u201cGulf Week\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/141-Gulf-Week_5_1.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo at the NIRC\" \/><figcaption>Group photo at the NIRC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">From 17 to 20 October 2022, the NATO Defense College (NDC) held the first Modular Short Course \u201cGulf Week\u201d in cooperation with the NATO-ICI Regional Centre (NIRC) in Kuwait, aimed at Istanbul Cooperative Initiative and Gulf Cooperation Council countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Head of Information and Security Follow-up Sector at the National Security Bureau, H.E. Sheikh Fawaz Al-Sabah, welcomed the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant-General Olivier Rittimann, at the NATO-ICI Regional Centre. They discussed ways to enhance cooperation between both institutions in possible areas of common interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Commandant of the NATO Defense College inaugurated the joint programme at the NATO-ICI Regional Centre, in Kuwait. During his opening remarks he highlighted that it was an \u201chonour\u201d for the NATO Defense College \u201cto contribute to the educational activities of the NIRC\u201d, which has been a \u201cvery productive platform for cooperation and has greatly enhanced much-needed cooperation between NATO and Gulf Nations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Modular Short Course was delivered by a Mobile Training Team from the NATO Defense College to 29 participants from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait. The lectures were focused on NATO-related topics such as \u201cDeterrence and Defence in the Euro-Atlantic Area\u201d, \u201cNATO in the Future\u201d, \u201cThe NATO Strategic Concept\u201d, and \u201cNATO Strategic Communications in the New Media World\u201d. The Course also included follow-on committee discussions after the lectures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This Modular Short Course highlights NATO\u2019s 360-degree approach and the importance of cooperation with partners from the Middle East, significantly contributing to the core task of cooperative security as set out in the new NATO Strategic Concept.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">During the final ceremony, the NDC Commandant and the NIRC Acting Director stressed the importance of continuing this cooperation and sharing NATO\u2019s ideas and values with the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>\n(Prepared by Ms Sofia Carvalheiro, PRT C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group photo at the NIRC From 17 to 20 October 2022, the NATO Defense College (NDC) held the<\/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-13514","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 25, 2022","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 25, 2022 16:18","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\/13514","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=13514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13514"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}