๐ On the 15th and the 16th of September, the NATO Strategic Direction-South Hub brought together regional experts in socio-economic, political, security, and policy sectors, to exchange views on the ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ, including challenges posed by #AI-enabled #disinformation, foreign interference, technological dependencies and asymmetric approaches to crisis and conflict.
โก๏ธ The discussions underscored that ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐. Addressing these challenges therefore requires comprehensive and coordinated approaches, drawing on a broad range of civilian and military expertise and capabilities.
โก๏ธ ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. Listening to and learning from regional partners is essential to developing a shared understanding of the challenges and to identifying appropriate, sustainable and locally grounded approaches.
๐ African nations are active leaders in shaping their own security environment. International partnerships should therefore support regional ownership and contribute to sustainable resilience, based on mutual respect, shared responsibility and a common commitment to cooperative security.
๐ Our sincere thanks to subject matter experts Abraham E. Minko, Selma el ObeidNejat A., Mady Ibrahim Kante and Braimah Sulemana who contributed to this important exchange and to strengthening our shared understanding of the security environment.
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