| Title | Document type |
"Bridging cultural divisions" by Francis Ghilès, senior fellow at the European Institute of the Mediterranean in Barcelona01 Oct. 2005 of Palestinian society lies in day-to-day living conditions. The state of Israel dominates it in economic, political, military and symbolic terms. Everything reminds Palestinian society of its inferiority. The subaltern societies of the age of European | Opinion |
"Arab perspectives on NATO" by Mustafa Alani, senior adviser and director at the Gulf Research Center in Dubai01 Oct. 2005 analysis of Arab attitudes to NATO and how the Alliance may seek to overcome stereotypes and prejudices. Mustafa Alani presents his analysis of Arab attitudes to NATO and how | Opinion |
"Does external pressure help or hinder democratisation in the Middle East?" by Jana Hybaskova & Toby Dodge01 Oct. 2005 of nation building and a history denied (Columbia University Press, 2005) and Iraq's future, the aftermath of regime change (Routledge, 2005). Dear Toby, If the aim behind the 2003 military campaign to oust Saddam Hussein in Iraq was to spread | Opinion |
"Big world, big future, big NATO" by Julian Lindley-French, senior scholar at the University of Munich01 Oct. 2005 to think big now about their collective role in the world of the 21st century. Only NATO can re-establish the West at the centre of global security At no time in recorded history has the kind of rapid, social, economic and military shift | Opinion |
NATO’s first Transformation Commander bids farewell01 Aug. 2005 of Vice Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff,the second-highest position in the US military, later this August. Leading NATO’s transformation At the farewell ceremony, Admiral Giambastiani was presented | News |
Gijs de Vries: EU counter-terrorism coordinator01 Jul. 2005 , this was done only by the intelligence services, that threat analysis therefore related to threats emanating from outside the European Union and it was provided to our foreign ministers. Today, expertise from our security services has been added so that now we | Opinion |
"Combating WMD proliferation" by Eric R. Terzuolo, NATO's Manfred Wörner Fellow for 2003-0401 Jul. 2005 the Alliance's dual nature, plus some concern in other Allied capitals that Washington was perhaps planning to transfer efforts against proliferation from diplomatic to military hands. A look at subsequent Alliance policy documents, such as the major review | Opinion |
"Boosting NATO’s CBRN capabilities" by Christopher Bennett, Editor NATO review01 Jul. 2005 go,” says Lieutenant-Colonel Rainer Bürling from the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) branch of the Plans and Policy Division of NATO’s International Military Staff. “If current progress can be maintained, the Battalion may be used | Opinion |
"NATO’s response to terrorism" by Dagmar de Mora-Figueroa, NATO's Defence Policy and Planning Division01 Jul. 2005 intelligence-sharing among Allies and Partners is, therefore, a high priority within the Alliance. A Terrorist Threat Intelligence Unit has been created to improve intelligence-sharing and analysis on terrorism. This Unit draws on civilian and military | Opinion |
NATO Review: 'Combating terrorism in the Mediterranean' - Article by Roberto Cesaretti, Commander of Operation Active Endeavour01 Jul. 2005 Article-5, collective-defence operation has evolved from a small-scale deployment providing a modest military presence in an important stretch of sea into a comprehensive, continuously adapting counter-terrorism operation throughout the Mediterranean | Opinion |
