NATO Sets Priorities For New Capabilities For Next 15 Years

, Meeting in Riga, NATO Heads of State and Government endorsed the Comprehensive Political Guidance, a major policy document that sets out the priorities for all Alliance capability issues, planning disciplines and intelligence for the next 10 to 15 years. 
 
The Guidance analyses the probable future security environment, acknowledging the possibility of unpredictable events. 
 
It recognizes that for the foreseeable future, the principal threats to the Alliance are terrorism and proliferation, as well as failing states, regional crises, misuse of new technologies and disruption of the flow of vital resources. 
 
Expeditionary forces