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May 23, 2012

NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defense: A Promising Triumph of Prudence

By Boyko Noev

At their Chicago summit, NATO heads of state and government declared that the Alliance had achieved an interim ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability. This political-military project is one the most important achievements in NATO’s post- Cold War history and goes far beyond the technical aspects of a very unique and complex defense system. First and […]

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May 22, 2012

NATO Muddles Through in Chicago

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  While the race to the exits on Afghanistan reached full stride with the election of François Hollande in France—which came with a promise to withdraw that pivotal nation’s forces by the end of this year

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May 22, 2012

The Lost Alliance: NATO in Chicago

By Tomas Ries

A ship is adrift in a foggy sea. The crew are in their bunks, the officers argue about their mortgages, and the captain has left. The captain has left because the United States no longer believes NATO can contribute significantly against any serious global strategic challenges. An occasional bit player, yes: a partner with the […]

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NATO

New Atlanticist

May 22, 2012

NATO Muddles Through in Chicago

By James Joyner

The twenty-eight NATO heads of state just met for two days in Chicago and agreed that NATO was a very fine organization, indeed. They then kicked several cans down the road before posing for pictures and having a nice meal. The Chicago Summit Declaration was mostly boilerplate, declaring commitment to the transatlantic bond, the Washington Treaty, the troops […]

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New Atlanticist

May 21, 2012

To Survive, NATO Must Globalize

By Anne-Marie Slaughter

Sixty-three years after the North Atlantic Treaty was signed, binding the United States, Canada, and ten European states to consider an attack on one an attack on all, NATO is transforming itself into a twenty-first-century global security organization. The result will be a safer world.  In 1949, the world was rapidly dividing into two principle […]

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NATO

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2012

Anchoring NATO with Leadership

By R. Nicholas Burns and Damon Wilson

The long-term need for stronger political leadership is NATO’s most important challenge. The eurozone debt crisis and substantial reductions in defense spending have badly weakened Europe’s military capabilities and sapped its ambitions for global leadership. The decline is so severe that former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned of a “dim, if not dismal” future […]

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May 21, 2012

Dispatch from Chicago: A Debrief of the 2012 NATO Summit

By Jason Harmala

On May 21, 2012, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record members’ conference call with H.E. Radoslaw Sikorski, Polish minister of foreign affairs, as the 2012 NATO Summit drew to a close in Chicago.

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May 20, 2012

The Atlantic Alliance Transformed

By Brent Scowcroft, the New Atlanticist

From Brent Scowcroft, the New Atlanticist: NATO’s tradition of operating by consensus has become more complex as the Alliance has expanded its membership

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Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2012

NATO Needs Leadership Rethink to Remain Relevant

By Sarwar Kashmeri

After 64 years, it is time to share the baton of Nato’s leadership with the European Union. What is needed is bold vision of the kind that created the alliance in 1947.  Unfortunately, this is not on tap in Chicago. Which is why the Nato summit will be a missed opportunity to recalibrate the alliance […]

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New Atlanticist

May 20, 2012

NATO: When I’m Sixty-Four

By R. Nicholas Burns and David Manning

NATO was 63 in April and will celebrate its birthday at today’s summit meeting in Chicago, no doubt accompanied by much debate about what purpose the alliance now serves and whether it has a future. The backdrop is somber. The NATO heads of government will focus on the withdrawal of the alliance’s forces from Afghanistan […]

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