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Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai - 26 August 200927 Aug. 2009 countries, the effect that bilateral disputes between the two countries is having for NATO, and in particular for NATO-EU relations. There are core issues, which we all know of, including Cyprus, which are bilateral issues, and which he does not expect | Opinion |
Weekly Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai - 29 July 200931 Jul. 2009 will be again greeted by the Deputy Secretary General, by Ambassador Poulsen-Hansen, and by the Chairman of the Military Committee Admiral Di Paola. He will not make a statement on the way in. At least my intention, or the current planning is that he | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Bratislava, Slovakia17 Jul. 2009 – has been significant. Our current Strategic Concept does not do justice to recent challenges such as energy security or cyber attacks; nor the likely increasing impact of climate change on security in the future. There is a whole new agenda | Opinion |
Keynote Address by The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright, Principal of The Albright Group LLC and former Secretary of State of the United States at the NATO New Strategic Concept Conference07 Jul. 2009 in history; as current events dictate, it remains a pre-eminent actor on the world stage. So I am delighted to join with you in launching an effort to revise and to update NATO’s strategic concept. Our goal should be a statement whose message is clear | |
Introductory remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the opening of the strategic concept seminar07 Jul. 2009 . Article 5 collective defence is, after all, the bedrock of the Alliance, and has been for 60 years. We should not feel bashful in discussing it in the Alliance. It is purely defensive. But we should not go overboard either. The situation in Europe does | |
NATO: securing our future - Secretary General’s Speech at The Hague, 6 July 200906 Jul. 2009 and tomorrow's threats do not affect all Allies in quite the same way. The environment that I just described simply does not present the kind of visible, tangible threat to all NATO Allies that we were used to in the Cold War. And this is perhaps the greatest | Opinion |
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the EAPC Security Forum, Astana, Kazakhstan25 Jun. 2009 questions maybe. What was your main message to the partners concerning the operation in Afghanistan? What kind of contribution are you expecting from them in the current circumstances? And the second issue, it is known the position of Kazak authorities who | Opinion |
Lecture by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Academy of State, Astana24 Jun. 2009 with others. And that is why, today, NATO is busy contributing to peace and security on 3 continents. There are currently almost 78,000 troops deployed in a number of demanding, NATO-led, United Nations-mandated, missions and operations. 60,000 of these troops | Opinion |
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the opening of the exhibition on Australia's commitment to Afghanistan at NATO headquarters16 Jun. 2009 understand that, this afternoon, I should like to highlight the prominent role that Australia has played – and indeed continues to play - in Afghanistan . Australia has participated in ISAF from its earliest days. It is currently the eighth | Opinion |
Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai, Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers. 11-12 June 200912 Jun. 2009 the current SNMG deployment, but that does not mean that there might not be a short gap. The intention is to do it as quickly as possible. Q: (Off microphone). JAMES APPATHURAI: I just asked the military authorities. They don’t know. And of course | Opinion |
