Seemacht NATO

The lecture categorises the maritime aspects in the overall strategy of the Alliance against the background of the overall geopolitical situation. In the 1980s, it was a bipolar static conflict in which the naval power NATO consciously deployed its maritime components within the framework of CONMAROPS and the US Maritime Strategy in such a way that they influenced the continental front by threatening the flank of the WP. And this was done from a situation of relative maritime superiority of the Alliance. At present, NATO and the Western community are being challenged on their flanks in a multipolar era. The geopolitical situation is not static, but we are increasingly being openly challenged. Energy issues and the movement of goods, raw materials and knowledge production, but also classic topics such as order at sea and the security of nations will be on our minds this semester.