Strengthening Atlantic Institutions 

The structures of the Atlantic Community, often called "Euro-Atlantic Institutions", are of an open nature. They started with a smaller number of members than they currently have. And in several cases with a smaller number of functions. Since their inception they have evolved considerably, in order to manage in a more effective way the relations among their members, and with the rest of the world.

Recent Mars/Venus name-calling (“you only know how to use hard power” vs. “you use soft power because you have nothing else to use”), and the fears about a common European military force independent from NATO, indicate the need for serious work in rebuilding public awareness of why transatlantic unity is so important for world stability. On this particular point the Streit Council stresses that unity is never secure until it is completed through Union. We will continue to underline this point, while working on a wider spectrum of issues together with other transatlantic think-tanks.

In keeping with the intrinsic transformative nature of these set of institutions and alliances and to guarantee that they can perform their functions and their role of global leadership they need, even today, to be upgraded and transformed.