Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE - Introduction -- Why Rewrite the Strategic Concept? -- Balancing Strategic Flexibility and Coherence -- Outline of This Paper -- CHAPTER TWO - Direction 1: Refocus on Europe -- Strategic Rationale -- Basic Military Implications -- Main Challenges -- Assessment -- CHAPTER THREE - Direction 2: A New Focus on the Greater Middle East -- Strategic Rationale -- Basic Military Implications -- Main Challenges -- Assessment -- CHAPTER FOUR - Direction 3: A Focus on Fragile States -- Strategic Rationale -- Basic Military Implications -- Main Challenges -- Assessment -- CHAPTER FIVE - Direction 4: A Focus on Nonstate Threats -- Strategic Rationale -- Basic Military Implications -- Main Challenges -- NATO and Cyberwar: Illustrative Requirements -- Assessment -- CHAPTER SIX - Direction 5: A Global Alliance of Liberal Democracies -- Strategic Rationale -- Basic Military Implica -- Main Challenges -- Assessment -- CHAPTER SEVEN - Conclusions -- Refocus on Europe, Focus on Nonstate Threats, and Focus on Fragile States -- Refocus on Europe and Focus on Nonstate Threats -- Refocus on Europe and Focus on the Greater Middle East -- Refocus on Europe, Focus on the Greater Middle East, Focus on Fragile States, and Focus on Nonstate Threats -- Moving Forward -- APPENDIX Summary Tables -- Bibliography.