| The Evolution of NATO: Expanding the Transatlantic Tool Kit
Rühle, Michael
World Security Network (first published in American Foreign Policy Interests), November 15, 2007, online edition
In this article the author discusses the need for NATO to improve its collective military-operational performance. "The transatlantic security relationship, including its institutional epitome, NATO, is going through a major period of adjustment. Terrorism and the proliferation of failed states affect allies in different ways and may lead to different responses. Moreover, the need to engage in dangerous and potentially open-ended operations exposes differences in military performance and risk taking. Despite these structural limitations, however, and even in the absence of a transatlantic consensus on some major security issues, the gradual broadening of NATO's political scope and military tool kit suggests that the alliance is well placed to support an increasingly complex transatlantic security agenda." Michael Rühle is Head, Speechwriting, and Senior Policy Adviser in the Policy Planning Unit of the NATO Secretary General.
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F13/07-07. December 4, 2007
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