It isn't an alternative to NATO. I simply mentioned the institution. That institutional body, based in Norfolk, engages in doctrinal thinking. It is a member of what I consider the most advanced military nations in the areas of technology, know-how and conceptual and doctrinal thinking.
NATO is an observer for the moment. As it is located in the same place, in Norfolk, it takes part in the Allied Command Transformation, in particular. It is simply a group that goes further in its thinking than the member countries as a whole. It reflects on future threats, military concepts that should be developed in the area of logistics and operations, and everything an operation entails. Generally speaking, it is strategic and operational thinking. The leadership of the organization, which was founded around 1999, is American.