The Nature of the Beast: The Use of and Role for External Knowledge in NATO

As part of the project, we explore and trace how NATO as an alliance framework historically has been and currently is open to outside expertise, using this insight as a framework of understanding for our historical and contemporary inquiries.

We are notably focused on the evolution of the NATO Secretary General’s Policy Unit and how it connects to the wider organization, as well as the emergence of a new set of NATO certified but nationally-driven hubs of expertise development, the NATO Centers of Excellence.