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NATO–EU Strategic Priority: Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence

What strategic problem does Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence address in response to Russian revisionism after 2014 and 2022?

NATO–EU Strategic Priority: Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence: For NATO and its partners, “Forward. Defence-finance analysis; 26-page sourced DFM PDF…

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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2025-11-27

For NATO and its partners, “Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence” arose as a direct response to Russia’s aggressive revisionism and the radically altered European security landscape after 2014 and especially 2022.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 shattered post-Cold War assumptions and confirmed that Moscow is “the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area” .

This analysis answers: What strategic problem does Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence address in response to Russian revisionism after 2014 and 2022? How does the multidomain operational architecture and the tactical/capability requirements shape eastern-flank posture? What administrative, regulatory and industrial implementation challenges affect deterrence? What structural bottlenecks, dependencies and implications for companies, technologies and capital arise?

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NATO–EU Strategic Priority: Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence

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Published 2025-11-27
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 shattered post-Cold War assumptions and confirmed that Moscow is “the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security and to peace and stability in the…

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