Riga summit Commentary

Walk Away from the Balkans

E. Wayne Merry | Jul 09, 2010
Washington should not give foreign-policy priority to Kosovo. Merry responds to Abramowitz and Hooper’s prescriptions.

Why America Needs Allies

Andrejs Pildegovičs | May 26, 2010
We can't do everything alone. The Latvian ambassador explains why American military aid to NATO members is essential to winning the Afghan War.

Saving Athens

Aristotle Tziampiris | Mar 25, 2010
Closer European financial integration is the best way to solve the Greek debt crisis. The future of the EU is at stake.

Blank Checks

Doug Bandow | Jul 20, 2009
Europe will never have its own military capabilities unless America stops subsidizing its defense.

Leaving the Nest

Christopher S. Chivvis | Apr 17, 2009
Europe is developing its own military-command capabilities independent of NATO. Should America be wary?

The Feckless Alliance

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 06, 2009
Although Obama thought he could convince them otherwise, our NATO allies are content to cheerlead while we do all the heavy lifting in Afghanistan.

Bucharest on My Mind: Experts React to the NATO Summit

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Ted Galen Carpenter
Anatol Lieven
Charles A. Kupchan
| Apr 04, 2008
The allies are sending more troops to Afghanistan and behind U.S. missile-defense plans, but less than thrilled about expanding NATO into Russia’s backyard.

Three Faces of Infantilism: NATO's Bucharest Summit

Anatol Lieven | Apr 04, 2008
Leaders that continually try to add new members to the NATO alliance, American and European, are ignoring reality—at their own peril.

Coalition of the Unable

J. Peter Pham | Mar 31, 2008
All eyes at the upcoming NATO summit will be focused on expansion and the Afghanistan operation, but leaders ignore another topic at the alliance’s peril: the widening gap in military capabilities between America and Europe.

Just Say No to NATO

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Feb 07, 2008
No country at today’s NATO defense ministers’ meeting offered to send additional (and much-needed) troops to Afghanistan. This doesn’t bode well for the future of the alliance.

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