Can NATO avoid rigor mortis? Pardon the pun, but as leaders of the NATO countries meet next week for their annual summit in Riga, Latvia, it is a reasonable question. The answer may lie in Afghanistan, where NATO is currently engaged in its first ever mission outside Europe. NATO countries are aware of this fact and much determination has been expressed to make it a success.
Because American forces in Europe are not deployed to meet thecoming challenges of the 21st century, the Bush Administrationshould seriously consider redeploying NATO forces further east ingreater numbers.
By Vijay Prashad Anxiety about the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) toward the Russian border is one of the causes of the current war in Ukraine. But this is not the only attempt at expansion by Nato, a treaty organisation created in 1949 by the United States to project its military and […]