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... in a Euro-Atlantic Reality Anton Grizold Prior to Slovenia’s independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Slovenian national interests over the centuries had been pursued within the limited framework of multinational entities: Austria-Hungary until 1918 and the Yugoslav federa...

.... Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2009 Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo is former deputy secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the chief architect of its transformation and expansion. Currently he is senior strategic advisor with ENEL, a multinational energy company based in Rome...

...C. Edward Dillery Christos C. Evangeliou: Themata Politica — Hellenic and Euro-Atlantic . Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. 265 pages. ISBN-10:1-84718-617-3, ISBN 13:9781847186171. $69.99 (hbk). Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2009 C. Edward Dillery is a retired US...

...David Binder “Euro-Atlantic” as a political power brand name was employed possibly for the first time in a 1985 speech by Bettino Craxi, then president of the European Council, when he spoke about “Italy's Euro-Atlantic role.” Its political usage was codified in the label Euro-Atlantic Partnership...

...Alexander V. Safronov Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2000 Alexander V. Safronov is head of the press division in the Council of Europe office in Moscow. MQ 11.2-02.Safronov 4/10/00 11:33 AM Page 23 New Trials for Europe and the Euro-Atlantic...

...Danijela Dudley Parallel expansions of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in recent decades have blurred the lines between membership in the two organizations and the conditionalities attached to each. While both organizations have seemed successful in attracting...

... organization, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But is “greater” gone forever from the Balkan vocabulary? It might be prudent not to banish the concept. Think of the phrase of the late Willy Brandt spoken in 1989: “Jetzt wächst zusammen was zusammen gehört”—“Now grows together what belongs together...

...Scott N. Siegel Greece's veto of the entry of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2009 provides an opportunity to evaluate the possible costs and benefits of a FYROM membership. For NATO, FYROM's inclusion has only a marginal...

... Slavs while discrediting Macedonian Hellenism, and to apprehend the Macedonian patrimony all the way back to the fifth century BC. If it desires to succeed in its ongoing misguided journey to integration with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union, FYROM must abandon the mentality...

...Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo The author, former deputy secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reviews the current status of the transatlantic alliance and the evolving role of NATO as an irreplaceable peacekeeping structure with extensive obligations in asymmetrical warfare...

...W. Bruce Weinrod Although fundamental questions concerning whether the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is still relevant or necessary have emerged, NATO remains necessary for the protection of Western security and political interests. The international security environment remains...

...Anthony M. Eames The year 1982 emerged as pivotal in the Atlantic Alliance and the relationship between President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. On 6 June 1982, Israeli Defense Forces breached the Lebanese border in a maneuvre to eradicate the Palestinian Liberation...

... of the eastern Mediterranean and the prospects it presents for Euro-Atlantic strategic priorities. Marina Skordeli is director of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Athens. She was formerly a foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of Greece. Copyright 2015...

... supported the regime of Bashar al-Assad and the latter backed the military coup in Egypt. Turkey needed the support of its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies against these two rival blocs. However, Erdogan's populist discourse and tendency toward Islamist authoritarianism further deteriorated...

...Ted Galen Carpenter Western leaders portray the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a league of democratic nations as well as a security alliance. Although the organization tolerated illiberal members during the Cold War, it would be more than a little embarrassing to have an outright autocracy...

...Ted Galen Carpenter Washington’s policy in the Balkans has been a failure for more than two decades. Beginning with the US-led military interventions in Bosnia and Kosovo during the 1990s, the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies have made difficult situations worse...

... through the United Nations has been successful in providing security for Cyprus over decades. The essay then explores ways in which security can be achieved in cooperation with the UK government and the British Sovereign Base Areas. Further, it extensively examines how the North Atlantic Treaty...

... played a role in the formation of foreign policy. As North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, they could be expected to act along similar lines. Moreover, despite seemingly different contexts, public opinion in both the United States and Turkey was reluctant to support a more intense involvement...

...David Binder The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has some strange partners, in terms of history. The oddest couple of all may be Greece and Turkey. The two neighbors fought four wars in the space of a quarter century (1897 to 1922) and are still mutually suspicious. But they have followed...

... every member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the 1960s. The new impetus in Greek-Soviet relations in the late 1970s, after the restoration of democracy in 1974, did not signify the loosening of Greek loyalty to the West but was a pragmatic pursuit of interests between two asymmetrical...