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Publication Date: October 2002
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): John Hillen
Research Area: International relations
Keywords: Europe
Type: Report
Abstract:
NATO needs to get back to basics. In the absence of a clear and present danger to Europe, it has lost its focus. It has tried to become relevant by embarking on military makework programs for the United Nations, and now on its own behalf. These diffuse efforts have diluted-NATO’s cohesion and caused U.S. public support for the alliance to erode.