International Herald Tribune January 31, 2008 With NATO facing the risk of failure in Afghanistan, a group of former senior officers has called for a radical overhaul of the alliance, which they say is paralyzed by cumbersome decision-making rules, inequitable funding arrangements and an inability to sustain long-term missions. more
International Herald Tribune January 31, 2008 France’s defense minister met with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday and gave no ground to Gates’ campaign to get more combat help in Afghanistan from French and other NATO troops. more
PR Inside January 30, 2008 France’s defense minister is discussing NATO issues with U.S. officials on a two-day trip to Washington beginning Wednesday. more
Denver Post January 27, 2008 Last month, European leaders from the 27 member states of the European Union signed a new reform treaty in Lisbon to replace the EU Constitution, which was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. Although the EU reform treaty has been conspicuously absent from the radar screen in the […]
Washington Post January 28, 2008 In the coming weeks, the Bush administration will decide whether to push to enlarge NATO again at an alliance summit this spring. It is President Bush’s last hurrah on the transatlantic stage. The administration is proposing to extend invitations to Albania, Croatia and Macedonia. I was one of the earliest […]