NATO’s Future
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James Joyner | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
I’ve been busy at the Atlantic Council today covering two huge events.
First, Senator Richard Lugar delivered a speech on the Future of NATO. In addition to the usual niceties about the important of transatlantic cooperation, Lugar argued that we need “boots on the ground” in Eastern Europe to assuage their fears about Alliance commitment and that NATO should consider unconventional threats such as energy cut-off as the equivalent of armed invasion. Click the links for the full text of Lugar’s remarks as well as my analysis of his major proposals.
In a few minutes, Anders Fogh Rasmussen will deliver his first major speech in the U.S. as NATO Secretary General. Commentary and analysis will be forthcoming.
UPDATE: See “Rasmussen: ‘Things Are Going to Have to Change’ in Afghanistan” and “Rasmussen: Afghanistan Proves NATO Solidarity, Not Weakness” for my initial wrap-up and analysis.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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