Warsaw, Oct. 12 -- NATO's top military commander in Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, on Monday unveiled a "Theory of Victory" aimed at blocking, blunting and breaking any attack on the alliance, while stressing that a conflict is "neither imminent nor inevitable".

Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum in the Polish capital, Grynkewich said the strategy is based on "denial defence", designed to prevent an adversary from seizing and holding NATO territory.

"My theory of victory is simple: we will block the initial attack. If the attack persists, we will blunt it and prevent enemy advance. And if required, we will break the enemy's forces and the operational warfighting system that is arrayed against us," he said.

Grynkewich stressed that...