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NATO chief to conduct military strategy reforms
www.chinaview.cn 2004-05-29 03:24:04
BRUSSELS, May 28 (Xinhuanet) -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de HoopScheffer will conduct a radical shake-up of the way the military alliance plans and finances its operations next month, NATO sources said Friday.
The proposal, part of an overall strategy to adapt to the needs of the 21st century, comes amid warnings that the US-led alliance could become irrelevant if it is not reformed. The alternative is that the US military would use NATO to create ad hoc "coalitions of the willing," undermining its status as a collective defense organization.
The reforms would create a small but essential pool of military assets that NATO could call on without having to assemble a force from scratch for each mission. They would also spread the cost of missions across the alliance's 26 members.
The sources said that de Hoop Scheffer will spell out his plans during next month's NATO summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
The reform agenda has gained new urgency because of NATO's difficulties in Afghanistan. Its ambitious mission there, which began last August, is considered a big test for the alliance's credibility and ability to function outside its traditional transatlantic area of operations.
The 6,500-strong NATO-led International Security Assistance Force(ISAF), based in the Afghan capital Kabul, has for months been trying to obtain long-promised military equipment such as transport helicopters and aircraft and medical corps from many of the alliance members. Enditem
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NATO chief to conduct military strategy reforms
www.chinaview.cn 2004-05-29 03:24:04
BRUSSELS, May 28 (Xinhuanet) -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de HoopScheffer will conduct a radical shake-up of the way the military alliance plans and finances its operations next month, NATO sources said Friday.
The proposal, part of an overall strategy to adapt to the needs of the 21st century, comes amid warnings that the US-led alliance could become irrelevant if it is not reformed. The alternative is that the US military would use NATO to create ad hoc "coalitions of the willing," undermining its status as a collective defense organization.
The reforms would create a small but essential pool of military assets that NATO could call on without having to assemble a force from scratch for each mission. They would also spread the cost of missions across the alliance's 26 members.
The sources said that de Hoop Scheffer will spell out his plans during next month's NATO summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
The reform agenda has gained new urgency because of NATO's difficulties in Afghanistan. Its ambitious mission there, which began last August, is considered a big test for the alliance's credibility and ability to function outside its traditional transatlantic area of operations.
The 6,500-strong NATO-led International Security Assistance Force(ISAF), based in the Afghan capital Kabul, has for months been trying to obtain long-promised military equipment such as transport helicopters and aircraft and medical corps from many of the alliance members. Enditem
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