1. During cold war the strategic concept of the NATO represented the document limited on the subjects focused on military aspects of planning, the organization and expansion of armies. The plan of times of cold war answered necessity of carrying out of fast military operations in reply to aggression as prospective scenarios of development of conflicts did not leave time for an estimation of variants and revision of strategy. After 1990 the document has turned to (as it then named) the declaration on the primary goals of an alliance.
2. President Obama would like, that by the NATO was easier entered in partnership frameworks. In this case the NATO should aspire co-operate more effectively with any partner (including the states, the international organizations and not state structures) which can promote success of peace-making operations within the limits of the universal approach uniting military tools with political and economic resources. The only thing that can prevent realization of this tendency, is a strengthening of fears that one or several allies on the NATO can face considerable growth of threat of their territorial integrity, political independence and safety.