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Europe: Defending Ourselves

Javier Solana, the former secretary general of NATO, is high representative of the European Union for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and secretary general of the Western European Union.

Brussels - The European Union has taken momentous decisions over the past year on its common security and defense policy. These are important decisions for the United States and the European allies that are not members of the European Union. They will allow the European members of the Alliance to contribute more effectively to NATO and NATO-led operations and to undertake operations on their own when the Alliance as a whole is not engaged. Once implemented, the decisions will make a positive contribution to transatlantic security.

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		Spring 2000
• THE RISE OF THE REST • POST GLOBALIZATION • COMMENTARIES 2001-2007 • MADE IN CHINA • THE TWO SOULS OF TURKEY • THE NEW GLOBAL CINEMA • MAKING GLOBALIZATION WORK • DE-GLOBALIZE THE JIHAD • THE THIRD WAVE'S THIRD WAY • PLANET OF SLUMS • THE GLOBAL IDEOLOGY OF FEAR • THE OTHER • POST-NATIONAL LITERATURE • COLLAPSE OR MASSIVE CHANGE? • THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICA'S SOFT POWER • THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION • PUBLIC DIPLOMACY • THE HEADSCARF CONTROVERSY • SCULPTURE AND THE NEW SCIENCE • BIOTECH AND THE NEW BABEL • WAR THROUGH THE BACK DOOR • ANTIAMERICANISM • THE RISING SOFT POWER OF CHINA & INDIA • THE BUSH DOCTRINE • FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD • AMERICA'S MIGHT • ISLAM IN THE 21ST CENTURY • ANTIGLOBOS • HOT PEACE • MODUS VIVENDI • LOOKING NORTH • FROM WELL HAVING TO WELL BEING • POST-HUMAN HISTORY • GLOBAPHOBIA • THE GLOBAL MIND • AFTER KOSOVO • FROM VIETNAM TO KOSOVO • DEGLOBALIZATION? • THE RISE OF THE MEDIA- INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX • BOOM [NUCLEAR] AND [BUST] ECONOMIC IN ASIA • BEYOND CAPITALISM • ASIAN CRISIS • CHINA: THE ASIAN RENAISSANCE • SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL • ECLIPSE OF THE BIG PICTURE • AFTER THE END OF HISTORY • THE EAST IS RED AGAIN • HALF-A-HEGEMON • THIRD WAVE TERRORISM • HEIMAT • Fall 1987 • Winter 1987 • Spring 1986 • Fall-Winter '84-'85 • Spring 1984		Europe: Defending Ourselves Javier Solana, the former secretary general of NATO, is high representative of the European Union for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and secretary general of the Western European Union. Brussels - The European Union has taken momentous decisions over the past year on its common security and defense policy. These are important decisions for the United States and the European allies that are not members of the European Union. They will allow the European members of the Alliance to contribute more effectively to NATO and NATO-led operations and to undertake operations on their own when the Alliance as a whole is not engaged. Once implemented, the decisions will make a positive contribution to transatlantic security. back to index