Brussels | Countering the security threat from the rise of China will be an important part of NATO’s future rationale, the alliance’s chief has said, marking a significant rethink of the Western alliance’s objectives that reflects the United States’ geostrategic pivot to Asia.

In an interview with the Financial Times, NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said China was already having an impact on European security through its cyber capabilities, new technologies and long-range missiles. How to defend NATO allies from those threats will be “thoroughly” addressed in the alliance’s new doctrine for the coming decade, he said.

Financial Times