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NDC Commandant LGEN Max A.L.T. Nielsen (left) and HNDC President, LGEN Athanasios Sardellis

20 May. 2025

Revolutionizing Military Education with AI: Insights from the Conference of Commandants 2025

Co-hosted by the NATO Defense College (NDC) and the Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC), the 54th edition of the Conference of Commandants (CoC) took place in Athens, Greece, from 14 to 16 May 2025. This year’s theme, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Its Impact on Higher Professional Military Education”, spurred in-depth discussions on AI’s transformative potential within military education, exploring its current applications, promising future avenues, inherent biases, and challenges related to its integration into academic programmes.

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Course Members engaging in discussions within their respective roles in the committee rooms during the NMDX exercise.

Understanding the Complexities of Multinational Decision-Making and Consensus-Building: NDC Senior Course 146 participates in NMDX

SC 146 Course Member during a Q&A session in New York City

From Paris to Washington: Senior Course 146 Explores the Dynamics of Transatlantic Cooperation

05 May. 2025 NDC Outlook 06-25: "How accurate is forecasting of military technologies?"
31 Mar. 2025 NDC Outlook 05-25: "How China sees the future and what it means for NATO"
19 Mar. 2025 NDC Outlook 04-25: "The hunt for Red October in warmer oceans - Climate change and anti-submarine warfare"
06 Feb. 2025 NDC Outlook 03-25: "Playing the long game - Russia in the Mediterranean"
24 Jan. 2025 NDC Outlook 02-25: "NATO’s future: a history"
14 Jan. 2025 NDC Outlook 01-25: "Nuclear NATO: how to make it credible and efficient"
21 Nov. 2024 NDC Outlook 08-24: "Friends in space - NATO and Japan cooperation beyond the skies"
07 Nov. 2024 NDC Outlook 07-24: "Controlling the danger: managing the risks of AI-enabled nuclear systems"
25 Oct. 2024 NDC Outlook 06-24: "Inequality kills: on Russian combat ineffectiveness in Ukraine and beyond"
04 Sep. 2024 Insight 4-2024: "How to do strategic foresight"
27 Jun. 2024 NDC Outlook 05-24: "Fly me to the moon - Why Europe needs to move into space"
13 Jun. 2024 Insight 3-2024: "How to write a strategy"
27 May. 2024 NDC Outlook 04-24: "The new NATO Force Model: ready for launch?"
13 May. 2024 NDC Outlook 03-24: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee - How Allies adapt to drones"
15 Apr. 2024 NDC Outlook 02-24: "NATO and a Taiwan contingency"

06 Feb. 2025 Senior Course
06 Feb. 2025 NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC)
27 Jan. 2025 Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors' Course (GFOAC)
16 May. 2024 Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors' Course for Partners, GFOAC-P (former SERC)
12 Mar. 2024 Senior Executive Seminar (SES)
15 May. 2024 Modular Short Courses (MSCs)
21 May. 2024 Modular Short Course Partner Integrated (MSC-PI)

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

25 Nov. 2022 The 52nd NATO Defense College Academic Advisory Board meeting
NATO
02 May. 2022 "La Russia fa da 15 anni questo gioco di minaccia dei più deboli. Vuol rompere il fronte occidentale"
Andrea GILLI
30 Apr. 2022 "I russi perdono circa un battaglione al giorno: il Donbas è una regione grande come la Basilicata"
Andrea GILLI
11 Feb. 2022 NATO in a New Era: Global Shifts, Global Challenges.
Thierry TARDY
21 Jan. 2022 51st NATO Defense College Academic Advisory Board meeting
NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE
05 Jan. 2022 COMPTES RENDUS DE LA COMMISSION DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES, DE LA DEFENSE ET DES FORCES ARMEES
NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE
25 Dec. 2021 Delivering Strategic Thinking Education
Stephen J. MARIANO
18 Oct. 2021 50th Conference of Commandants
NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE
19 Nov. 2020 Interview to Lieutenant-General Olivier Rittimann On NATO’s Response To Covid19 (Podcast)
LGEN Olivier RITTIMANN
09 Apr. 2019 What priorities for NATO?
Thierry TARDY

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Event Calendar

Jun 23

Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors' Course - Partners (GFOAC-P) 2025-1
Jun 23

Modular Short Course 146-3 "Changing War Trends in the five Security Domains"
Jul 14

Senior Course 146 Study Project Presentations