Ambassador Ivo Daalder, permanent representative of the United States to NATO, visited HCSS on Monday 8 November.In his presentation Ambassador Daalder outlined his expectations for the NATO summit in Lisbon next week. He underlined the role a new Strategic Concept would play in revitalizing the Alliance and anticipated a strengthening of the NATO-Russia relationship. Daalder also expressed the hope that the Summit would reinforce commitment to ISAF’s mission in Afghanistan. Referring to the situation in the Netherlands, Ambassador Daalder committed his support to a possible Dutch police training-effort in Afghanistan.