Category: NATOSource

NATO’s First Step on Missile Defense

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Wall Street Journal

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Wall Street Journal:  Last month, NATO conducted a historic exercise: the first comprehensive test of the alliance’s new missile-defense capability.

The Necessity of NATO

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate:  Many years ago, I took my children to visit the sites of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

NATO’s Ordinary Future

By Robert D. Kaplan, STRATFOR

From Robert D. Kaplan, STRATFOR:  [T]he very weakening of the European Union because of its debt woes makes NATO more crucial than at any time since the Berlin Wall fell — crucial as a political stabilizing agent within Europe itself.

Transatlantic leaders rate Greece as top candidate to be removed from NATO

In a just released Atlantic Council-Foreign Policy survey, experts voted Greece as the country they were most likely to “kick out of NATO.”

NATO: Chicago and Beyond

By Ian Brzezinski, the Atlantic Council

From Ian Brzezinski, the Atlantic Council:  The Chicago Summit will be important in large part because of the context in which it takes place.

With Iran, Syria Looming, Can Obama Save NATO from Disaster at Chicago Summit?

By Barry Pavel and James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From Barry Pavel and James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  [T]his is no time for routine. The atrocities in Syria are ongoing. Unrest continues to bubble across the Middle East and North Africa.

NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain

By Franklin D. Kramer, the New Atlanticist

From Franklin D. Kramer, the New Atlanticist:  [T]here are questions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Strengthening NATO’s Special Ops Forces is real Smart Defense

By Franklin D. Kramer and Jordan Becker, the New Atlanticist

From Franklin D. Kramer and Jordan Becker, the New Atlanticist:  Smart defense requires prioritization and cooperation, and investing in capacity and interoperability among NATO’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) will have outsized returns.

Reports that Pakistan not invited to NATO summit in Chicago

By the International News (Pakistan)

From the International News (Pakistan):  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday that Pakistan had not been invited to the upcoming Chicago summit.

Who will participate in NATO’s ‘special partners meeting’ in Chicago?

The following 13 countries have been invited to NATO’s upcoming summit in Chicago to attend "an unprecedented meeting to discuss ways to further broaden and deepen NATO’s cooperation with partner nations."