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.

Join USIP and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance for a virtual NATO Summit side event that aims 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 will also explore the evolving plans of the Centre for Democratic Resilience at NATO.