Word: nato
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...does not often look north to gauge its own security prospects. But over the past few months, Canada has been quietly embroiled in one of the most revealing political and international-security debates since the end of the cold war. It's a debate critical to the future of NATO. And its outcome may tell us a lot about the fate of the U.S.'s struggle against terrorism...
...those who think that Brown, buffeted by dissent and blindsided by serial mishaps, could soon be forced into singing his own sad song of departure. And the medicine he's proposing for the international community - a reinvigorated multilateralism, in which nations work together through institutions like the United Nations, NATO, the IMF and the World Bank, coupled with radical reform of those bodies to make them fit for 21st century purposes - isn't simple to explain. Or sexy...
...that's not the only lesson. By appointing Chacón (who lacks military training), Zapatero may also be making a kinder, gentler statement about the armed forces. The Prime Minister has been under pressure from NATO to add to the roughly 750 Spanish troops now deployed in Afghanistan, though at the recent NATO summit in Bucharest he maintained that current levels were sufficient. Among the largely pacificist Spanish population, support for military participation in combat is weak (over 50% of Spaniards support withdrawing their troops from Afghanistan altogether). But humanitarian and peace-keeping missions are another story...
...51st state of the United States of America.' BOB BROWN, leader of Australia's opposition Greens party, criticizing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a playful salute he gave U.S. President George W. Bush during the recent nato summit...
...51st state of the United States of America.' BOB BROWN, leader of the Australian Greens party, criticizing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a playful salute he gave President Bush at a NATO summit. Critics say the gesture suggested subservience to Washington...