Word: nato
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...think we can really talk about the situation intelligently right now," he says. "The news is largely full of NATO-screened information and speculation on the part of journalists. Very little of what is out there is unaltered fact. When we criticize...the decisions of military commanders when we don't have all the facts, we are shooting from...
...fundamental issues of world politics: moral responsibility beyond the nation state; the tactics and politics of military intervention, particularly with air power; the credibility of national policy; the role of nationalism in motivating state behavior; the effectiveness of sanctions; alliance coherence; great power politics in the security council and NATO, and so on," he says...
...NATO may not be militarily active on the ground in Kosovo, but there is one aspect of the ground war where NATO is pouring in everything it can: the humanitarian battle. The allies are sending everything necessary to Albania and Macedonia -- food, medicine, tents, latrines -- to relieve the plight of the more than 500,000 refugees who have spilled over the Kosovo border in desperation. For now, that battle is being won. "The refugee situation has eased off," reports TIME East European bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "NATO has rushed in the infrastructure and quickly set up all the nuts...
...NATO is working hard on the refugee situation because that's the one factor that's very much under its control," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. It would be disastrous to the NATO cause if the alliance were to come across as not even capable of dealing with the refugee problem. And so, in contrast with their relative reticence over the military campaign, says Branegan, "NATO briefers are always more than happy to talk about what's being done to help the refugees...
...refugees remains uncertain. One emerging problem is the location and reunification of refugee families, many of whom were split up in flight or during relocations. "The International Red Cross has been brought in to help with that because it's an expert on tracing people," says Calabresi. The NATO allies are also worried about the continuing flow of refugees out of Kosovo. Macedonia, in particular, does not want more ethnic Albanians on its soil for fear of upsetting its delicate ethnic balance. The country is continually pressing the allies to ferry them elsewhere, which the allies have so far done...