NATO Summit Side Event: Strengthening Security Through Democratic Resilience

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2024. Created as the only political-military alliance in the world based upon democratic values, NATO inherently recognizes the strong nexus between democracy and security as highlighted in the NATO 2022 Strategic Concept. This commitment will only grow in importance as a more conflictive and unstable geopolitical world order emerges amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, global trends toward democratic backsliding and rising authoritarianism, and the growth of disruptive technologies. This year’s NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., on July 9-11 provides an opportunity to explore how these and other emerging issues will affect democratic resilience within the transatlantic alliance.

On July 9, USIP and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance hosted a virtual NATO Summit side event that aimed to bring together and convene experts in the fields of transatlantic relations and democratic resilience to discuss the increasingly important nexus between democracy and security. The conversation explored the evolving plans of the Centre for Democratic Resilience at NATO.

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Speakers:

Ambassador William B. Taylor, welcoming remarks

Vice President, Russia and Europe Center, U.S. Institute of Peace

Annika Silva-Leander, Ph.D., introductory remarks

Head of North America and Permanent Observer to the U.N., International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), keynote remarks

U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District.

Panelists:

Léonie Allard

Visiting Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council

Joseph Brinker

Policy Fellow, Democratic Resilience, NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Patrick Quirk, Ph.D.

Vice President for Strategy, Innovation, and Impact, International Republican Institute; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center

David Salvo

Managing Director, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund

Calin Trenkov-Wermuth, Ph.D., moderator

Security Governance Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace

Johan Frisell, closing remarks

Deputy Director-General and Head of Department for Security Policy, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

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