SAM Papers Implications of NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept on its Enlargement & Partnership Policies and Türkiye’s Position: Challenges and Opportunities

As the NATO member that has arguably suffered the most from terrorism, Türkiye places great significance on NATO’s statement in the 2022 document that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations represents “the most direct asymmetric threat to the security of the citizens of NATO member countries and to international peace and prosperity.” It is also highly significant that Türkiye, Sweden and Finland signed a trilateral memorandum at the Madrid Summit. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible implications of NATO’s new strategic concept for its main post-Cold War policies, its enlargement and partnership policies and Türkiye’s position within the Alliance. After outlining the international conjuncture and explaining how the new concept was prepared, the paper evaluates the basic elements of the Strategic Concept and its implications for NATO’s enlargement and partnership policies.