| Title | Document type |
Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, at the Law Faculty of the University of Zagreb, Croatia23 Feb. 2006 of Croatia’s preparations for membership. Rather, it is on the larger aim itself. What does it mean to be a member of NATO? In my many visits to this region I have gained the impression that far too few people really understand NATO. And all too often that lack | Opinion |
Keynote address by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, at the Conference 'NATO and Egypt: A Dialogue'13 Feb. 2006 lasting answers to the security threats and challenges that we all face. NATO’s current agenda is very demanding – it bears little resemblance to NATO’s Cold War mission of static deterrence. And it continues to puzzle many observers how an organisation | Opinion |
Press briefing by John Colston, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning08 Feb. 2006 experience of the humanitarian relief operation, which has now come to an end in Pakistan. On the Friday morning we will also, as I say, have a meeting with Sergey Ivanov, for an informal meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, enabling us to discuss current | Opinion |
Opening statement by Dr. Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia, at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council30 Jan. 2006 currently going on in Croatia . So we believe that with your help, with help of member States, with help of the Secretariat, especially of the Secretary General and his friends in the Secretariat, we can help also to communicate to the Croatian public what | Opinion |
Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai26 Jan. 2006 . The context would be, if he attends of course, I think principally two things. One is that New Zealand is contributing to a PRT in Afghanistan and wished to discuss that. That is currently. New Zealand is contributing to a PRT in Afghanistan . The second | Opinion |
Interview with John Colston, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning11 Jan. 2006 the current dynamics of NATO-Ukraine relations. It was also important that NATO member states were prepared to announce various forms of assistance to Ukraine. As an example, in the margins of the meeting, 15 Allies and Ukraine signed a letter of intent | Opinion |
"NATO's evolving operations" by James Pardew and Christopher Bennett01 Jan. 2006 , international teams combining both civilian and military personnel. ISAF currently has some 9 000 troops in Afghanistan providing security assistance to about half of Afghanistan with nine PRTs in the north and west of the country. In the coming months, NATO | Opinion |
"Deepening relations" by Gabriele Cascone and Joaquin Molina01 Jan. 2006 crime; measures to promote Kosovo’s economic development; and an ongoing international civil and military presence. In addition, the settlement should ensure that Kosovo does not return to the situation before NATO’s intervention in March 1999 | Opinion |
"Afghanistan’s drugs challenge" by Alexia Mikhos, NATO’s Operations Division01 Jan. 2006 to around 4100 metric tons. This should not be seen as a positive changing trend, however, as the decline is primarily the result of the current oversupply of opium on the world market and a poor harvest caused by severe draught in Afghanistan. Moreover | Opinion |
Debate: Would independence for Kosovo contribute to or undermine international security?01 Jan. 2006 to assure security in Kosovo and across the Balkans. Failure to acknowledge Kosovo's legitimate claim to independence has already led to one war and contributed to at least two other conflicts. If the current negotiations over Kosovo's final status do | Opinion |
