NATO’s expanding security agenda beyond pure military defence is creating more room for India to engage the alliance pragmatically. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization now figures in wider discussions on security, geopolitics, and the changing balance of power in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
NATO’s wider security agenda gives India more flexibility because India can treat the alliance less as a purely military bloc and more as a platform linked to wider security debates.
Why the issue matters
NATO was created as a collective defence alliance, but its agenda has widened over time to include broader security and geopolitical concerns. That widening gives India more flexibility, because India can treat NATO less as a purely military bloc and more as a platform linked to wider security debates.
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