By Doug Bereuter NOTES FROM PRAGUE — Meeting in this beautiful old city in the heart of New Europe, legislators from the 19 NATO nations recently began healing the wounds in the alliance that were opened during the Iraq crisis. Having gathered for the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, supporters and opponents of […]
By Doug Bereuter While NATO’s critics prophesy its demise, the 19 allies are quietly taking steps to ensure that the alliance will continue to meet the challenge of defending its members. But now that our governments have pledged to develop the forces needed for an effective NATO, our national legislative bodies and our publics must […]
By Owen Pengelly Not so long ago, received opinion amongst NATO governments was that the Prague conference had settled the Alliance firmly into its new role of vehicle for democratic expansion and bulwark against the new century’s new threats. The lead in to the coalition attack on Iraq, however, certainly damaged NATO’s prestige in the […]
By Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives BACKGROUND: The transatlantic relationship linking North America and Europe is perhaps the world’s most important, consequential and complicated. Europe is where core U.S. national interests and fundamental values are most engaged. The majority of U.S. allies in the world are in Europe. The bulk of U.S. […]