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Save to My PortfolioU.S.-Europe Relations: What Role for NATO?

Ivo H. Daalder, May 09, 2008, The Economist's "Certain Ideas of Europe"

Ivo Daalder joins The Economist to speak about the evolving nature of NATO. The diffusion of American power and how the organization needs to handle the Kremlin are among several topics discussed. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioGeorgia: Between Bucharest and Brussels

Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Washington, DC

On May 7, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) will host Nino Burjanadze, speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, to discuss issues likely to arise in the next six months, including Georgia’s bid to enter NATO and other Euro-Atlantic institutions, its democratic transformation, the upcoming parliamentary elections and escalating tensions with Russia over the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioUkraine and NATO Following Bucharest

Steven Pifer, May 06, 2008, Den (Ukraine)

Steven Pifer writes that even though the recent NATO summit in Bucharest did not deliver a memership action plan for Ukraine, the outcome of the meeting was positive because NATO leaders said Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance - something that NATO has never said about a country that had not already received an invitation to join. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioNATO: A Mockery of Enlargement

Ivo H. Daalder and James Goldgeier, April 08, 2008, International Herald Tribune

Ivo Daalder and James Goldgeier note that though "enlargement has been at the core of the NATO alliance for well over two decades," the recent summit, and failure to give membership to Macedonia, did serious damage to the policy. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioLe pari de la défense européenne mérite d'être tenté

Justin Vaisse, April 06, 2008, Rue89.com

Justin Vaisse and Pierre Haski debate what type of leader French president Nicolas Sarkozy is in historical context. (French) Read More

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Save to My PortfolioSarkozy, le gaulliste décomplexé

Justin Vaisse, April 03, 2008, Rue89.com

Justin Vaisse and Pierre Haski debate what type of leader French president Nicolas Sarkozy is in historical context. (French) Read More

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Save to My PortfolioOptimism in Afghanistan

Jeremy Shapiro and Martha Raddatz, April 02, 2008

Is Afghanistan on the brink of failure? Not necessarily, though the challenges in Afghanistan do remain formidable, says Brookings expert Jeremy Shapiro, who recently returned from Afghanistan and saw optimism among U.S. and NATO ground forces there.

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Save to My PortfolioNATO: Membership and Identity in a Post-Cold War World

Clifford G. Gaddy, March 31, 2008, The Current, CBC

NATO: Membership and Identity in a Post-Cold War WorldThis week, Romania is hosting the twentieth NATO summit. Brookings Russia specialist Clifford Gaddy discusses the direction and relevance of NATO in a post-Cold War world. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioNATO: Enlargement and Effectiveness

Philip H. Gordon, March 11, 2008, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

NATO: Enlargement and EffectivenessIn advance of the upcoming NATO Summit in Bucharest, Philip Gordon testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Gordon addressed the future of NATO's role in Afghanistan given the continuing instability in that country. Gordon also offered suggestions for further enlargement of the alliance in Europe, which he believes will bolster security in the region. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioAfghanistan and NATO: Forging the 21st Century Alliance

Friday, February 29, 2008
Washington, DC

Reuters/Sebastian DerungsThe NATO-led operation in Afghanistan is challenging an alliance born in the Cold War to face twenty-first century security issues. Brookings welcomed NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer for a discussion on the effectiveness of the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan and what is needed for NATO and the international community to achieve success. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioAfghanistan and NATO: Forging the 21st Century Alliance

Carlos Pascual and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, February 29, 2008

The Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer for a discussion on the effectiveness of the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan and what is needed to achieve success for NATO and the international community as a whole. The NATO secretary general also previewed the upcoming Bucharest summit, which will be crucial to the future of the international effort in Afghanistan, as well as a milestone in NATO's ongoing transformation.

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Save to My PortfolioBuilding Capacity for Stabilization & Reconstruction

Carlos Pascual, January 29, 2008, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations

Building Capacity for Stabilization & ReconstructionIn testimony before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations Carlos Pascual addressed the need to increase U.S. stabilization and reconstruction capacity in weak or failed states. He notes that "stabilization and reconstruction initiatives require multilateral cooperation ... and the capacity to sustain them over at least a 5-10 year period." Read More

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Save to My PortfolioNATO’s Big Mission: The United States, Europe and the Challenge of Afghanistan

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Washington, DC

Reuters/Finbarr O'ReillyOn November 13, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion to analyze the current political and security situation in Afghanistan, as well as U.S. and European policies and options. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioTake Some Cues From the Cold War, Mr. President

Philip H. Gordon, August 19, 2007, The Washington Post

From George Kennan's "Long Telegram" in 1948 to the end of the Cold War, Philip Gordon offers four lessons that the United States ought to apply in combating terrorists today.  Read More

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Save to My PortfolioFourth Annual Conference

Monday, April 30, 2007
Washington, DC

At its most recent annual conference, the Brookings Center on the United States and Europe focused on three issues: the French elections which brought Nicolas Sarkozy to power, NATO’s difficult mission in Afghanistan, and the implications of Europe’s changing demographics. Read More

In Brief

With the expansion of the European Union and the rise of transnational threats like terrorism, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must redefine its security and transatlantic diplomacy role for the 21st century. NATO's takeover of the military presence in Afghanistan is the beginning of a broader international function.

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