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The importance of threats such as terrorist attacks, cyberattacks, hybrid warfare and natural disasters is growing. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must adapt and respond to these different types of challenges, which could severely impact societies and collective defense. Therefore, the subject of research in this article is building the allies’ resilience understood as the first line of defense. The purpose of the research was to explore the significance, role and development of resilience particularly in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the research show that coordination of tasks and solidarity improved NATO’s response to the Covid-19. The conclusion is that NATO should develop its crisis management capabilities. The need of building resilience to non-military threats in the military and civil spheres of allies was indicated. The issues raised in the article may complement the debate on role and tasks of NATO in responding to the emerging challenges, especially in the context of the newly adopted strategic concept.
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Rybczyńska, M. (2023). NATO’s Resilience in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. In: Visvizi, A., Troisi, O., Grimaldi, M. (eds) Research and Innovation Forum 2022. RIIFORUM 2022. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19560-0_71
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