| NATO's Growing Role in the Greater Middle East
Gordon, Philip H.
The Brookings Institution, Center on the United States and Europe, online edition, 53p
"NATO will not become a security alliance for the Middle East – as it was for Western Europe – with US and European bases scattered throughout the region. Nonetheless, despite all the differences among NATO members and the obstacles to a NATO role in the Middle East region, the fact remains that the United States and Europe will continue to have significant common security interests there, and NATO remains the best mechanism for coordinating their policies and operations. Another reason for NATO’s continued survival and its growing activity in the Greater Middle East is the fact that both Europeans and Americans have come to the realization that they still need each other—more than either side suspected when the Cold War ended. For all the talk of the differing threat perceptions across the Atlantic and the building of an autonomous European defense force, most Europeans recognize that they still need some form of security partnership with the United States." Philip H. Gordon, Director, Center on the United States and Europe at "the Brookings Institution."
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