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The Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) launched its first pilot challenge program on June 19. The innovation fund is the second major NATO plan to deal with non-conventional and emerging threats to launch this year. Innovation comes from start-ups and academic ecosystems, not from big companies or governments anymore,” said van Weel. But that world has completely changed around that now. “Innovation used to come from the defense sector. Why is an organization like NATO taking such a relaxed approach to developing technologies that will soon become so critical to national and international security? It will make the participating nations Limited Partners, meaning they will not seek majority stakes in companies and allow the companies to carry on working with other investors, including from outside NATO. It will announce the NATO Innovation Fund, a project that will bring 23 of NATO’s members together with private business in the technology sector. While all eyes will be on whether or not Sweden becomes the 32nd country to join NATO at its summit next month, the collective defense alliance will also use its meeting to show that it’s prepared for its future. If you are not at war, there will be a limit on what you and your public are willing to spend on things they can’t see,” he told CNN. If you are a peacetime democracy, it’s very difficult to switch to that footing and counterattack your opponent’s non-conventional attacks. “NATO could only go as fast as members were willing to invest. This war mentality is key when dealing with threats that are not boots on the ground, but are just as aggressive and exist in places that are harder to see. Peter Caddick-Adams, a former official NATO historian, explains that it is extremely difficult for nations not currently at war to behave as though they are. To those working in these areas, it came as no surprise that Russia had been so successful interfering in the elections of other nations or that China had so successfully spread disinformation in Western countries during the pandemic. This inertia has also held back the West’s ability to deal with cyber and non-conventional threats from adversaries, including Russia and China.
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