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Speech by the NATO Secretary General at the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria in Sofia14 May. 2004 our populations, nor history, will judge us kindly if we fail to do all that we can to meet these challenges. NATO has understood this historic responsibility. We have understood that, in order to prevail, we need to change the way we think about | Opinion |
Joint press conference by the NATO Secretary General with the Foreign Ministers of the seven new members02 Apr. 2004 Joint press conference by NATO | Opinion |
"A wider Atlantic?" - Book review by Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO's Public Diplomacy Division01 Apr. 2004 seriously such rights are taken by governments and peoples alike. In addition to a shared history and culture, they are bound by treaties and membership of international organisations that both sides would not dream of repudiating, even if from time to time | Opinion |
"Marrying capabilities to commitments" by John Colston, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning01 Apr. 2004 attack against the territory of any Ally by the Warsaw Pact. To achieve this, NATO needed to possess large numbers of predominantly heavy conventional and nuclear forces held at high readiness and optimised for a short high-intensity campaign | Opinion |
"Right time, right place" by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey01 Apr. 2004 the Alliance's transformation. In a remarkably short time, NATO has grown from a collective-defence alliance into a collective-security organisation, with operations stretching from Kosovo to Afghanistan, with Partners from Ireland to Uzbekistan, and with roles | Opinion |
Enhancing security and extending stability through NATO enlargement01 Apr. 2004 This brochure describes the process of NATO enlargement that culminated in the accession of seven new members to the North Atlantic Treaty in March 2004. It includes analysis of the 1995 Study on NATO Enlargement and the Membership Action Plan as well as a short | |
"Five Years of the Czech Republic in NATO" - Remarks by the NATO Secretary General during his visit to the Czech Republic18 Mar. 2004 the instruments of accession was just a small step -- a few signatures and a few short speeches. Politically however, this was history in the making. A decisive step in overcoming Europe's Cold War division. The name of the city in which the accession | Opinion |
"NATO and the European Union - Strategic partners or polite neighbours?" - Article by the NATO Deputy Secretary General16 Mar. 2004 , consensus ensures that all Allies are on board once a decision is taken, making the Alliance very effective indeed. NATO can also take decisions on short notice: the North Atlantic Council, NATO's highest political body, can be called on at any time. As we | Opinion |
“NATO's Transforming Agenda” by the NATO Secretary General at the Diplomatic Academy in Warsaw, Poland04 Mar. 2004 a strong NATO-Russia relationship seemed like squaring the circle - a futile attempt at defying history. But the vision did come true. Today, not only is Poland in NATO, together with the Czech Republic and Hungary, but seven more nations, including | Opinion |
"The future of the NATO Response Force" - Video teleconference with the Chiefs of Staff of ACT & SHAPE22 Jan. 2004 Transformation. We're working with Allied Command Operations and the individual nations of the alliance to find creative solutions to the operational challenges of coalitional warfare and the complexities of the new threat in the new millennium. In short, NATO | Opinion |
