The UK will contribute 1,000 personnel to a new multi-national rapid reaction force, Prime Minister David Cameron has told the Nato summit.
He said the Nato "multinational spearhead force" could be deployed anywhere in two to five days.
Mr Cameron also said leaders were "united in condemnation" of "barbaric and despicable acts" carried out by militant group Islamic State (IS).
He spoke on the second day of the summit in the Welsh city of Newport.
'Instability arc'"We face new and evolving dangers," Mr Cameron said.
"To the east, Russia is ripping up the rulebook with its annexation of Crimea and its troops on the sovereign soil of Ukraine.
"To the south, an arc of instability bends from North Africa to the Middle East."
He said Nato "must be able to act more swiftly".
And he said the UK would contribute 3,500 to the rapid reaction force.
But Downing Street later clarified that the UK would be contributing 1,000 troops to the new force - not 3,500. It said the UK would be contributing 3,500 troops to Nato exercises in eastern Europe over the next two years.
And it said the new "spearhead force" would comprise of 4,000 troops overall, be led by a British general and would be ready to be deployed by the end of 2015.
During his speech, Mr Cameron said of the force: "This would be part of a reformed Nato response force with headquarters in Poland, forward units in the eastern allies and pre-positioned equipment and infrastructure to allow more exercises and, if necessary, rapid reinforcement."
'Almost pathological'Speaking about IS, which has threatened to kill British aid worker David Haines, Mr Cameron said: "They should be very clear these terrorists that their threats will only harden our resolve to stand up for our values and to defeat them."
IS made its threat against Mr Haines - who was kidnapped in Syria in March 2013 - in a video of the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff.
End Quote Defence Secretary Philip HammondWe will not be diverted from doing what is right by the threats that this organisation is making"
On Friday, meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the British government would "not be diverted from doing what is right by the threats that this organisation is making".
He spoke after it was reported that the family of hostage Mr Haines were worried British airstrikes in Iraq would put his life at greater risk.
On Thursday, Mr Cameron refused to rule out air strikes against IS, the militant group formerly known as Isil.
Mr Hammond told BBC News the British government was in contact with Mr Haines's family, adding: "What they're going through is awful and we will do everything we can to protect this individual.
"But we have to be clear about the nature of the organisation we are dealing with - they are utterly brutal, they are ideologically driven, almost pathological in the way they behave.
"We cannot allow our strategy to be driven by their behaviour.
"We have to approach the challenge of Isil focused purely on what is in Britain's best interests - protecting our citizens and our security from the threat that Isil poses from foreign fighters, from potential attacks on our soil, destabilisation of the region.
"We will not be diverted from doing what is right by the threats that this organisation is making."
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