Word: nato
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This year promises a string of new battles over globalism, whether in the form of expanding NATO, staying in Bosnia or bailing out Asian markets. Already it appears that Clinton will have to abandon his promise to revisit the trade issue this spring if he is to have any hope of winning on the more pressing question of new funding for the International Monetary Fund to stabilize Asia. In the interview, Clinton said he has not made a "final decision" on whether winning one means losing the other...
WASHINGTON: President Clinton surprised few Thursday when he announced his open-ended commitment of U.S. troops to the NATO effort in Bosnia-Herzegovina. "I honestly believed that in 18 months we could get this done," Clinton said. "I wasn't right, so I don't want to make that error again...
...impatient should consider this: Dayton is starting to work. And Clinton deserves credit. Reporting from the region, TIME's Alexandra Stiglmayer says that over the last five months the U.S. has dragged NATO from its passive role into a boldly interventionist one -- arresting war criminals, removing obstructionist police chiefs, and paralyzing hostile TV networks. The results are happy: refugees have at last started returning to their homes, and peace-minded politicians on all three sides have begun to emerge. Meanwhile, the U.S. is still without a combat casualty...
Shelton said initial Russian reluctance to NATO expansion, seen as a threat to their borders and strategic position in Europe, would diminish as the country recognizes the advtanges of having "peaceful democratic neighbors...
...NATO is no longer an alliance against anything...it is an alliance...for peace and stability," he said...