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Since the inception of the Alliance in 1949, what is called the ''NATO Standard'' has been a guarantee of quality. Operation Allied Forces has delivered a severe blow to the NATO Standard. NATO's capabilities are no longer beyond question.
The Kosovo War highlighted a rather anomalous situation: NATO (the US) ended up in the same situation as that which the Warsaw Pact was reviled for not that long ago.
* The Norwegian Morass (F-16, JSF and Norway). * The British Dilemma (Typhoon in Norway). * A Partner That's Out of Control (American bureaucratic intransigeance and Transatlantic Relations).
On 5 December, US Secretary of Defense Cohen indicated his country's concern over the European ESDP defense Initiative. Where does the European Security and Defense Policy come from. Is NATO threatened?
Voices are being raised to demand radical increases in the DoD budget. These demands are not unfounded. The prospect of a far-reaching debate is taking shape.
* European Parallels (Replacement of F-16 in the Netherlands and order for 60 Eurofighters in Greece). * From Order to Disorder (The two Situations compared). * There Is Europe - And Then There's Europe (A critical view of the Greek Situation). *
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