Why NATO?
Article Abstract:
Although NATO's historic purpose was to defend the West against communist aggression, it should not be considered obsolete now that the cold war is over. The world is every bit as volatile today, and Europe and the US will always have enough common interests to make military cooperation prudent.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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United in rivalry
Article Abstract:
The EC in the post-Cold War world is revamping its policies on collective security. Many nations, such as those of central Europe, desire a greater peacekeeping role for the EC. The Western European Union (WEU) may be the military unit that assumes the EC's peacekeeping role.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Battle lines over defence: European Union
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Establishment of an official entity authorized to make foreign and military policy for the European Union is one proposal for ending the type of inertia that has occurred over Bosnia. However, the reluctance of member states to commit troops remains a problem.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1995
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