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Lessons of NATO Involvement in the Balkans: Civilian Reconstruction and Political Institutions Speech by Mr. Veton Surroi, ...16 Oct. 2003 in positive effects to the core of the mission NATO had in its original, establishing mission for Europe, when it overturned the European history of genocide into one of integration. The important effects of the past four years of international military | Opinion |
"Understanding Afghanistan and its neighbours" - Book review by Osman Yavuzalp, Political Affairs & Security Policy Division01 Oct. 2003 of Afghanistan and its Central Asian neighbours in the past two years, the history, traditions, culture and politics of the region are still little known in the West. Given the prospect of long-term NATO involvement, anyone with an interest in the Alliance | Opinion |
"Are the challenges NATO faces today as great as they were in the Cold War?"01 Oct. 2003 than anything NATO has ever set out to achieve. As we both pointed out earlier, action on multiple fronts such as intelligence, foreign policy and development aid is required. But NATO is better equipped than any alliance in history to organise joint | Opinion |
Interview with General Götz Gliemeroth: ISAF Commander01 Oct. 2003 command and control systems and helped optimise the flow of data and information. In this way, it was possible to create a fully functional headquarters in an extremely short period of time. In addition to NATO forces, ISAF includes contributions from | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord RobertsonAt the Winston Churchill Lecture29 Sep. 2003 operate outside Europe were confined to the dustbin of history. Critics who had challenged us to go out of area or out of business, implicitly expecting the latter, found suddenly that NATO was hard at work in Kabul, Afghanistan. Not only NATO. This NATO | Opinion |
Address by Mr. Jean Arnault,Deputy to Mr. Brahimi UN Secretary General's Special Representative11 Aug. 2003 Mr. President, your excellencies, officers and soldiers from ISAF, distinguished guests, this is certainly a very momentous occasion. A very significant milestone, as for the first time in its short history, the German and Dutch led ISAF is handed | Opinion |
"A radically new Command Structure for NATO" by Andrew Vallance, Command Structure Implementation to the Chief of Staff, SHAPE01 Jul. 2003 elements which ensure that forces from Alliance and Partner nations can operate together in a truly integrated fashion. In short, the NATO Command Structure provides the means for melding an otherwise disparate collection of people and equipment drawn from | Opinion |
Speaking notes for Mircea Geoana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, at the EAPC Meeting04 Jun. 2003 in the EAPC framework, focusing on ways to strengthen the cooperation with partner countries, even after her accession to NATO. Romania needs an Alliance strong and efficient, and an EAPC able to contribute to the security of the entire Euro-Atlantic area | Opinion |
Statement by Abdullah Gül, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, at the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council03 Jun. 2003 Mr. Secretary - General Dear Colleagues, It has been exactly two months since we have last met in this setting. Within that short period of time much has happened for the international community, as well as for NATO. Despite recent difficulties we | Opinion |
Comments by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertsonon the Policy Recommendations adopted by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly a...16 May. 2003 and Government share that perception, and they have taken action on it. The past 18 months have seen perhaps the most dramatic adaptation in Alliance history, with the Prague Summit as the centrepiece of NATO’s 21st century transformation. Combating terrorism | Opinion |