Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.

Well, if the NATO countries don't make more of their troops usable and don't get the equipment to get them fast where the action is, then the organisation will suffer and will increasingly become irrelevant.

The rapid dissemination of technology and information offers entirely new ways of production, but it can also bring the spectre of more states developing weapons of mass destruction.

For years, we have heard warnings that Europe needs to contribute more to NATO's capability.

The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.

What I will remember most from my time in NATO is meeting children in the countries where I've gone to, to Moscow and to Kiev, I've met school children.