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1979: The Soviet Union deploys its SS20 missiles and NATO responds04 Mar. 2009 was that a setback in one place would immediately provoke a chain reaction of overall setbacks. So every local conflict – Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan – held the key to ultimate success in the Cold War. And the price for those who lost was very tough. Every Soviet | |
1967: De Gaulle pulls France out of NATO’s integrated military structure03 Mar. 2009 , and they believed that they were not simply fighting against the North Vietnamese liberation movement, but like in Korea a decade earlier, they were taking on directly the communist forces, particularly as the Soviets and the Chinese were supplying the North | |
1989: The Berlin Wall comes down and the soldiers go home02 Mar. 2009 to Europe.’ Havel came here very famously in 1990, I shall never forget, and gave probably the best speech that has ever been delivered to the North Atlantic Council where he apologized, he apologized on behalf of his people for all of the lies that had | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero at the Kuwait Diplomatic Institute27 Jan. 2009 on destabilising a country are no longer dependent on hard military force only. A third challenge is the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The nuclear non-proliferation regime is eroding before our eyes. North Korea is threatening the fragile | Opinion |
Transatlantic Leadership For A New Era - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Security and Defence Agenda26 Jan. 2009 , a disaster for international security, and a legacy we cannot leave our children. The nuclear non-proliferation regime is eroding before us. North Korea is challenging the balance of power in Asia, and Iran is threatening to provoke a nuclear domino | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Jordanian Defence College10 Jan. 2009 and unrest in many parts of the world. A growing demand for oil and water has raised the potential for violent conflict over those resources. The proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction has slowly reached a tipping point, with Iran and North Korea | Opinion |
Press conference by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers session02 Dec. 2008 , to counterproliferation, to the Middle East, to North Korea, to Iran, and so on and so on. So I have to tell you, on this one, yes, as a Russianist, my conscience is clear. I think we did everything that we could to try and welcome Russia, a new Russia | |
Press briefing by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)03 Sep. 2008 are something of constant discussion and in fact discussion today in the North Atlantic Council. And again now with Mr. Costa, what he does is very much close to our heart and vice versa. So we had a very interesting meeting now with not only the NATO nations | |
Ukraine takes part in NATO submarine rescue exercise18 Jun. 2008 Ukrainian personnel participated in a NATO submarine search-and-rescue exercise in the North Sea from 26 May to 6 June | News |
"NATO: The Next Decade" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Security and Defence Agenda03 Jun. 2008 force. For non-state actors in particular, there are other options available. Third, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and their delivery means. Clearly, much will depend on how we resolve the two critical cases of North Korea |
