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NATO’s Angry Sponsors: The View From Capitol Hill

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 […]

Rapid Reaction Forces: More Questions Than Answers

NATO’s Prague Conference endorsed significant changes to the Atlantic Alliance. While the emotive issue of enlargement tended to dominate pre- and post-conference debate, the actual extension of invitations to seven states to begin accession negotiations proved to be somewhat anticlimactic. …more