Episode 62: NATO at 75 with Professor Stephen Flanagan

In recognition of NATO’s upcoming 75th Anniversary, please join us for a special episode of the Precision-Guided Podcast featuring Professor Stephen Flanagan, a distinguished figure in the field of transatlantic security and defense. Professor Flanagan sits down with hosts Gareth Smythe and Miriam Pasternak to share his insights on the resilience and evolution of the Alliance, its strategic shifts, and the challenges it faces today. 

This episode serves as a prelude to the upcoming Georgetown conference on April 8th, “NATO at 75: Charting a New Course,” where Professor Flanagan will moderate a panel on NATO’s future and deterrence strategies. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of NATO’s significance at this milestone, the “transatlantic bargain,” and the strategic directions the Alliance might take amidst current global security challenges.

About the Guest

Stephen J. Flanagan is an adjunct senior fellow at the RAND Corporation. Flanagan has served in several senior positions in the U.S. government, most recently as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council (NSC) Staff from April 2013 to September 2015. Between 1989 and 1999 he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the NSC Staff; Associate Director and Member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff; and National Intelligence Officer for Europe. In 2009-2010 he served as the lead advisor to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in her capacity as Chair of the Group of Experts that developed the foundation for NATO’s new Strategic Concept. From 2000-2007 he was Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies and Vice President for Research at the National Defense University. He has also held research and faculty positions at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and the National War College. Flanagan has published six books and many reports and journal articles on transatlantic, international security, and defense issues, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the editorial board of the journal International Security. He earned an A.B. in political science from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Views expressed are personal and do not represent the views of GSSR or any other entity.