Word: nato
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...thanks to the continuing economic crisis and a growing crime rate-and powerful forces are mobilizing that could threaten Yeltsin's prospects for the presidential election next year. Beyond all that, there are the issues standing between him and a successful summit with the U.S.-especially the expansion of nato into Eastern Europe and Russia's plans to sell nuclear reactors to Iran...
...recognition of its peacekeeping role in Europe during the cold war, NATO has been nominated for 1995Nobel Peace Prize. Organizations such as Amnesty International and the International Red Cross have won the award before, but if NATO wins, it will mark the first time in the 94-year history of the prize that an alliance of nations has been singled out. Overall, 85 individuals and 35 organizations have been nominated for this year's prize, includingformer President Jimmy Carter...
Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev today warned that if NATO allows any of the Eastern European countries bordering Russia to join its ranks, his country might take "countermeasures." Grachev said Russia's response could include abandoning a treaty that limits the deployment of conventional troops in the region, or increasing coordination of defenses with other former Soviet republics. Defense Secretary William Perry insisted NATO "poses no threat" to Russia and stressed that any expansion would be gradual...
British Prime Minister John Major and Secretary of State Warren Christopher found common ground during a meeting in Washington today, despite disputes overSinn Fein leader Gerry Adams' latest U.S. visit. The two discussed common interests in Bosnia, Russia, Iran and NATO during a breakfast meeting that sidestepped tension over President Clinton's efforts to broker peace in Northern Ireland. Major was not happy when President Clinton allowed Adams to visit the U.S. last month to raise money for the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, the Catholic organization battling with majority Protestants over political power in British-controlled Northern...
...prepared to give Tudjman a say in who makes up the new force and what it will be called. Because he publicly vowed to remove the old force, dubbed UNPROFOR, a different name will allow the Croatian leader to save face. Whereas Tudjman wanted the peacekeepers replaced by NATO soldiers, Washington has agreed only that a "separate Croatia-only'' force would be made up of units "from countries mutually agreed between Croatia and the Security Council." The new mission would also control 25 to 30 main crossing points along Croatia's international border with Bosnia and Serbia, as Tudjman wants...