The popular perception of the role of NATO was famously defined by NATO's first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, as … "keeping the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down". NATO's role is still essentially to keep its members safe …. However, behind this alluringly simple description of NATO, lie complex "self", "we" and "other" definitions and perceptions …

NATO agreed its new Strategic Concept at the Lisbon Summit in November 2010. The new Strategic Concept is analyzed in a … DIIS Report edited by Jens Ringsmose and Sten Rynning. The report entitled NATO's New Strategic Concept: A Comprehensive … Assessment contains 15 individual chapters all on different aspects of NATO's new Strategic Concept making the publication the …