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NATONATOreview contents Published under the authority of the Secretary General, this magazine is © NATO intended to contribute to a constructive discussion of Atlantic issues. Articles, therefore, do not necessarily represent FOCUS ON NATO official opinion or policy of member 4 governments or NATO. Alliance news in brief. EDITOR: Christopher Bennett ASSISTANT EDITOR: Vicki Nielsen PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Felicity Breeze LAYOUT: NATO Graphics Studio Publisher:Director of Information and Press NATO, 1110 Brussels, Belgium THE TRANSATLANTIC LINK TODAY Printed in Belgium by Editions Européennes 6 © NATO Lasting liaison [email protected] [email protected] Simon Serfaty places the transat- ON THE COVER Articles may be reproduced, after permission has lantic relationship in its historical been obtained from the editor, provided mention context. Colin Powell and Lord Robertson is made of NATO Review and signed articles are face the media on Powell’s first visit to reproduced with the author’s name. NATO as US Secretary of State on NATO Review is published periodically in English, 27 February. as well as in Czech, Danish (NATO Nyt), Dutch (NAVO Kroniek), French (Revue de l’OTAN), German (NATO Brief), Greek (Deltio NATO), Hungarian (NATO Tükor), Italian (Rivista della NATO), Norwegian (NATO Nytt), Polish (Przeglad DEBATE NATO), Portuguese (Noticias da OTAN), Spanish (Revista de la OTAN) and Turkish (NATO Dergisi). 15 One issue a year is published in Icelandic (NATO Is the fundamental nature of the Fréttir) and issues are also published in Russian and Ukrainian on an occasional basis. transatlantic security NATO Review is also published on the NATO web relationship changing? site at www.nato.int/docu/review.htm FRANÇOIS HEISBOURG Hard copy editions of the magazine may be 9 VS ROB DE WIJK obtained free of charge by readers in the follow- Steady as she goes Where is NATO headed? What ing countries from the addresses given below: James Dobbins sees continuity in impact are ESDP, NMD and RMA CANADA: Foreign Policy Communications Division transatlantic relations. having on the Alliance? Department of Foreign Affairs and Int’l Trade 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 12 UNITED KINGDOM: Communication Planning Unit Starting over again Ministry of Defence Christoph Bertram assesses FEATURES Room 0370 Main Building European concerns and expecta- 20 London SW1A 2HB tions at the change of tenant in the Fresh faces at NATO UNITED STATES: NATO Review - US Mission to NATO White House. PSC 81 Box 200 - APO AE 09724 Requests from other countries or for other NATO 21 publications should be sent to: CIMIC Reconstruction NATO Office of Information and Press 1110 Brussels, Belgium Fax: (32-2) 707 1252 E-MAIL: [email protected] Every mention in this publication of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is marked by an INTERVIEW asterisk (*) referring to the following footnote: 22 Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name. Andras Simonyi: Hungarian herald 2 NATO review Spring 2001 Volume 49 Spring 2001 Judging by readers’ letters, the new-look NATO Review seems to have struck a chord. This issue contains several more innovations, including an interview feature and a statistics page. Otherwise, the central theme is the transat- lantic security relationship, the basis of the Atlantic Alliance, in the wake of the change of administration in the United States. Simon Serfaty, director of Washington OPINION DC’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, 24 places the transatlantic relationship in its historical con- Great expectations text. Ambassador James Dobbins, assistant secretary of Andrei Zagorski examines the thaw state for European affairs, tells in an interview how, in NATO-Russia relations. despite the changeover, he expects continuity in this key relationship. And Christoph Bertram, director of the Berlin-based Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, assesses European concerns and expectations. In the debate, editorial François Heisbourg, director of Geneva’s Centre for Security Policy, and Rob de Wijk, professor of interna- tional relations at the Netherlands’ Royal Military Academy, explore the changing nature of the transatlantic security relationship. Features include articles on NATO’s Partnership for Peace Internship Programme and civil- military cooperation in Kosovo. In the interview, Ambassador Andras Simonyi, Hungary’s first permanent representative to NATO, talks of the impact of NATO membership on his country. In the book review, Michael REVIEW Rühle, the head of speech-writing and policy planning in 28 NATO’s political affairs division, considers some of the Understanding NATO recent literature on NATO. Elsewhere, Andrei Zagorski of Michael Rühle reviews recent the EastWest Institute analyses recent developments in literature on the Alliance. NATO-Russia relations. And Elinor Sloan of the Directorate of Strategic Analysis at Canada’s National Defence Headquarters examines NATO force mobility and deployability. Statistics illustrating NATO’s defence expenditure round out the issue. Christopher Bennett MILITARY MATTERS 30 Speeding deployment The NATO 2000 CD-ROM helps users Elinor Sloan examines NATO force familiarise themselves with the role and mobility and deployability, as well workings of NATO. It charts the evolution as the impact of programmes aimed of the Alliance and describes the adaptation at improving capabilities. it has undergone to address the security challenges of the 21st century. Free copies are available on request from the STATISTICS Distribution Unit, 34 Office of Information and Press, Defence spending NATO, 1110-Brussels, Belgium. Spring 2001 NATO review 3 FOCUS ON NATO NATO Secretary General Lord Zone, a five-kilometre strip of south- violence in the neighbouring former Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), Robertson visited Skopje, the former ern Serbia bordering Kosovo, for the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* a regional headquarters based in Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,* on first time since the Yugoslav Army’s with NATO Ambassadors on 5 March Naples, Italy, took over day-to-day 26 March and met with President withdrawal from Kosovo in June at NATO. command of the Stabilisation Force Boris Trajkovski and leaders of the 1999. (SFOR) from Supreme Allied country’s political parties. Lord Exercise Cooperative Osprey 2001 Headquarters Europe (SHAPE) on 20 Robertson reaffirmed support for the Lord Robertson visited Athens, took place at Canada’s Pearson February. The command of the government in its struggle with ethnic Greece, on 16 March, meeting Peacekeeping Centre in Halifax, Nova Kosovo Force (KFOR) transferred to Albanian rebels, but also urged President Constantinos Scotia, involving six NATO and 13 AFSOUTH on 18 January. restraint and appealed to the insur- Stephanopoulos and Prime Minister Partner countries from 1 to 9 March. gents to lay down their arms. Costas Simitis, as well as the Greek Moscow office foreign and defence ministers. Newly appointed UN Special Lord Robertson set out NATO’s prior- Representative Hans Haekkerup, the ities in southeastern Europe in the The situation in and around Kosovo former Danish defence minister, visit- keynote speech of a conference dominated talks between the North ed NATO on 28 February to brief examining security challenges in Atlantic Council and the EU Political NATO Ambassadors on the situation southeastern Europe and regional and Security Committee in Brussels in and around Kosovo. perspectives in Rome, Italy, on 26 on 14 March. March. Powell visit Submarine rescue and medical Lord Robertson unveiled a package experts from 13 NATO countries par- of measures on 21 March designed to ticipated in Phoenix 2001, an exer- enhance stability in the southern cise to rehearse procedures for deal- Balkans and demonstrate support for ing with submarines in distress, held the multi-ethnic government of the at the NATO headquarters at former Yugoslav Republic of Northwood, England, from 13 to 15 Macedonia.* March. President of the International NATO mediators brokered a cease- Committee of the Red Cross Jakob fire between the Federal Republic of Kellenberger met with Lord Yugoslavia and ethnic Albanians in Lord Robertson inaugurated the Robertson at NATO on 21 March and southern Serbia on 12 March. NATO Information Office in Moscow addressed the Euro-Atlantic on 20 February, a visible sign of Partnership Council. US trip improving relations with Russia. Lord Robertson visited the United Bosnia briefing States from 6 to 10 March. He met US Secretary of State Colin Powell NATO parliamentarians discussed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Lord Robertson and Allied for- NATO’s current agenda with the and attended an informal meeting of eign ministers during a visit to NATO North Atlantic Council on 19 the UN Security Council before meet- on 27 February. Secretary Powell February. ing US President George W. Bush stressed the new administration’s and top officials in the new adminis- support for the development of a New Hungarian tration, as well as several senators European Security and Defence ambassador and congressmen. He also addressed Identity and its commitment to con- Ambassador János Herman suc- a symposium organised by the sult Allies on plans for a National ceeded Ambassador Andras Simonyi American Enterprise Institute on Missile Defense. as permanent representative of Capitol Hill. Hungary to the North Atlantic Council EU, OSCE, NATO, UN and UNHCR on 19 February. A career diplomat, On 8 March, Lord Robertson