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Because of severe financial and economic crisis, whose direct consequence is reduction of the budget necessary for defense system, and because of discordance between the USA and EU, NATO is developing a "Smart Defense" concept, trying to get more and to obtain better cooperation between Alliance member states with less money. Through parts and priorities of the Smart Defense, the author in this paper presents possibility to develop regional cooperation among both, Alliance members and membership candidates, led by realization of a new NATO action plan within the concept of Smart Defense, where lack of funds does not have negative effects on the defense system. State or national defense priorities are being set as a goal, and, in cooperation with NATO, mutual solutions for multilateral problems are being sought. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]