FORGING NEW WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY

An assessment by Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council

NATO'S ROLE IN THE NEXT MILLENNIUM: CONSTANT AND EMERGING GOALS

An assessment by Ambassador Marc Grossman
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European Affairs

TRANSFORMING NATO'S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

By Admiral Harold W. Gehman
Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

NATO IN THE 21ST CENTURY

By Senator William V. Roth, Jr.

NATO AT FIFTY: FUTURE CHALLENGES, HISTORIC TASKS

By Dr. Catherine McArdle Kelleher
Director, Aspen Institute Berlin

Compiled by the European Branch
Office of Research and Media Reaction, U.S. Information Agency

FINDING PURPOSE -- AND SUCCESS -- IN BOSNIA

By Ambassador Robert E. Hunter
Senior Adviser, RAND
U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1993-1998

MANFRED WOERNER: FORCE BEHIND NATO'S POST-COLD WAR AGENDA

By Ambassador William H. Taft, IV
Partner: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson
U.S. Ambassador to NATO 1989-1992

ACHIEVING ALLIED COOPERATION ON CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE

By Ambassador David M. Abshire
Chancellor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1983-1987

NATO'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY: ARTICLE ALERT

Abstracts of current articles

NATO'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY: BIBLIOGRAPHY

Spotlighting other views

NATO'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY: KEY INTERNET SITES

Internet links to resources on related issues

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