Rose gottemoeller welcome to conflicts and we thank you great to be here your boss c. N. N. Stoltenberg reminded the world recently that nato his mission was to provide credible to terence and defense the fact is that terrence is no longer credible and hasnt been for a long time he said why do you say that we dont censor well not in the midst of war when i say that because just 5 months ago Americas National Defense Strategy commission painted a pretty dismal picture of the us is ability to protect both itself and its allies the security and well being of the us it said are at greater risk today that at any time in decades americas superiority has a road into to dangerous to green its ability to defend its allies its partners and its own vital interests is increasingly in doubt thats thats dismal this and that there are many different fees. Of how deterrence and defense are conducted today and i think for nato the emphasis truly has to be on what we now call the hybrid challenges that
Vital interests is increasingly in doubt thats thats dismal isnt it there are many different fields of how deterrence and defense are conducted today and i think for nato the emphasis truly has to be on what we now call the hybrid challenges that are coming out us many of them associated with emergence of new technologies and accelerated by new technology lets look at Defense Commission factor those in to its report and then i think that the u. S. Military could suffer and acceptably high casualties and the loss of major Capital Assets in its next conflict it might struggle to win a war against russia or china thats got thats not good news is it well what i have to tell you if you ask me the question about whether deterrence is working or not i have to say yes because we do in fact here at nato will Work Together as 29 nations with the United States to provide for the deterrence and defense of all 29 allies and we do have challenges i dont. On the sugar coat the challenges that we face