The Long and Winding Road to Sixty: NATO and Future Challenges
By Michael Williams
15 May 2008
When US President George W Bush flew to Bucharest for his last NATO summit, most analysts expected the meeting to dodge the big question – what role should the Alliance play in the world? And so it proved: the summit discussed the admission of two new member states, was stuck on the membership application of another one, reached a tentative agreement on missile defence and made some good-will gestures to Russia. Though important issues, they are not the most significant ones.
15 May 2008
When US President George W Bush flew to Bucharest for his last NATO summit, most analysts expected the meeting to dodge the big question – what role should the Alliance play in the world? And so it proved: the summit discussed the admission of two new member states, was stuck on the membership application of another one, reached a tentative agreement on missile defence and made some good-will gestures to Russia. Though important issues, they are not the most significant ones.
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