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NATO needs a new strategic concept adjusted to the global rise of new technologies, terrorism and China to replace a plan developed a decade ago, the head of the alliance said on Wednesday.

Stoltenberg urged the Western defensive alliance of 30 states to "Develop common principles and standards for new technologies" to meet security challenges related to "Disruptive technologies" using big data and cyber telecommunications.

The NATO chief also highlighted the need to address the "Fundamental shift in the global balance of power with the rise of China" as well as the rise of a "More brutal form of terrorism, more instability to the south of our Alliance, in the Middle East and North Africa."

At a summit in London last year, NATO leaders for the first time formally recognised the "Challenges" posed by China.

Since the Ukraine conflict erupted in 2014, NATO has sought ways to boost its members' resilience to the kind of hybrid warfare - combining irregular forces, cyber tactics and disinformation - seen there.

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