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"Reviving European defence cooperation" by Charles Grant, Centre for European Reform in London01 Oct. 2003 contentious parts of the EU draft constitution: the article committing members to defend each other if attacked is to be greatly watered down, and that allowing a group of countries to move ahead with a defence avant garde is to be focused on increasing | Opinion |
"Should the European Union be able to do everything that NATO can?" - Debate Fraser Cameron versus Andrew Moravcsik01 Jul. 2003 must be pleased. He seems to have converted a continent! 5 There is a better option. Europe has more and better alternatives to the two you mention: remilitarization and submissive silence. The best of these is to invest in civilian and low | Opinion |
Statement on Capabilities issued at the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers Session held in Brussels12 Jun. 2003 for Article 5 or non-Article 5 operations; and as an initial entry force for a larger formation. The NRF will also be a catalyst for focussing and promoting improvements in the Alliance’s overall military capabilities as nations prepare their contingents | Official text |
Statement by Solomon Passy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria at the EAPC Meeting04 Jun. 2003 , demonstrated a considerable ability to act in a timely and efficient manner. Events of the last one year and a half are a telling example thereof. NATO rightfully evoked Article 5 of the Washington Treaty following terrorist attacks in the US. According | Opinion |
Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council03 Jun. 2003 Article 5 of the Washington Treaty on September 12, 2001, was one very clear example. Meeting our defence commitment to Turkey in difficult times earlier this year was yet another. Second, NATO was, is, and will remain the key forum for transatlantic | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General to visit Operation Active Endeavour and Madrid Thursday 29 May 200328 May. 2003 is an extensive maritime operation being undertaken in the context of NATO's decision to invoke Article 5 of the Washington Treaty following the 11 September 2001 attacks against the United States. The operation aims to demonstrate Alliance resolve and to deter | News |
Comments by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertsonon the Policy Recommendations adopted by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly a...16 May. 2003 that the NATO-EU informal meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers on 3 April, discussed transatlantic relations and post-conflict Iraq. Resolution 318 on Iraq Following Turkey’s request for consultations in the framework of Article 4 of the North Atlantic | Opinion |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Atlantic Council's Salute to the New NATO05 May. 2003 , the issue really was not whether to deploy but when to take the decision. The headline: “NATO meets its Treaty commitments” should not raise too many eyebrows. Especially since we invoked Article 5 of the Washington Treaty within 24 hours of the September | Opinion |
NATO ships start boarding operations in Mediterranean29 Apr. 2003 that followed the declaration of Article 5 on 12 September, 2001. Since the start of the operation some 30,000 merchant vessels have been monitored. Operation Active Endeavour also encompasses escorting of allied merchant shipping through the Strait of Gibraltar. | News |
Remarks by Robert G. Bell, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment03 Apr. 2003 , ready to deploy on 5-30 days notice as a cohesive unit. Since all NATO allies will take their “turn” (either individually or, for smaller allies, in multinational groupings) in the NRF rotation, but very few allies have or will have their own national | Opinion |
