NATO
NATO has a total of 17 Centres of Excellence (COEs), esentially multinational research, development, and evaluation bodies. The Organization says they 'provide recognised subject matter expertise in support of transformation and interoperability, especially in the fields of doctrine and concept development and validation, training, education and exercises, as well as analysis and lessons learned.'[50]
They are funded nationally or multinationally and have individual relationships with NATO formalized through memoranda of understanding.
NATO has nine fully accredited COEs.[51]
- The Center for Analysis & Simulation for the Preparation of Air Operations (CASPOA) COE in Taverny Air Base, France
- The Civil - Military Cooperation (CIMIC) COE in Budel, The Netherlands
- The Cold Weather Operations (CWO) COE in Stavanger, Norway
- The Combined Joint Operations from the Sea (CJOS) COE in United States
- The Command & Control (C2) COE in Ede, The Netherlands
- Defense Against Terrorism (DAT) COE in Ankara, Turkey
- The Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC) COE in Kalkar, Germany See also: I2KM
- The Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiation, & Nuclear Defence (JCBRN Defence) COE in Vyškov, Czech Republic
- The Naval Mine Warfare NMW (EGUERMIN) COE in Oostende, Belgium
and eight not fully accredited COEs:
- The Cooperative Cyber Defence (CCD) COE in Tallinn, Estonia[52]
- Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters (CSW) COE in Kiel, Germany
- Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (CIED) COE in Spain
- Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) COE in Trenčín, Slovakia
- Human Intelligence (HUMINT) COE in Romania
- Medical (MED) COE in Hungary
- Military Engineering (MILENG) COE in Germany
- Mountain Warfare (MW) COE in Slovenia
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References
- ^ The official Emblem of NATO. NATO. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ "English and French shall be the official languages for the entire North Atlantic Treaty Organization.", Final Communiqué following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on September 17, 1949. "(..)the English and French texts [of the Treaty] are equally authentic(...)"The North Atlantic Treaty, Article 14
- ^ Boulevard Leopold III-laan, B-1110 BRUSSELS, which is in Haren, part of the City of Brussels. NATO homepage. Retrieved on 2006-03-07.
- ^ cited in Reynolds, The origins of the Cold War in Europe. International perspectives, p 13
- ^ David C. Isby & Charles Kamps Jr, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd 1985, p.13
- ^ David C. Isby & Charles Kamps Jr, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd 1985, p.13-14
- ^ Robert E. Osgood, 'NATO: The Entangling Alliance,' University Press, Chicago, 1962, p.76, in William Park 'Defending the West,' Wheatsheaf Books, 1986, p.28
- ^ Time magazine, The Man with the Oilcan, March 24, 1952
- ^ Fast facts. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ BBC On This Day "West Germany accepted into Nato" bbc.co.uk
- ^ David C. Isby & Charles Kamps Jr, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd 1985, p.15
- ^ Gorbachev's Lost Legacy by Stephen F. Cohen (link) The Nation, February 24, 2005
- ^ Robert B. Zoellick, The Lessons of German Unification, The National Interest, September 22, 2000
- ^ Gorbachev: US could start new Cold War Telegraph Retrieved on May 22, 2008
- ^ NATO website describing AFOR
- ^ NATO Update: Invocation of Article 5 confirmed - 2 October 2001
- ^ NATO Training Mission - Iraq, Introduction, 17 September 2007
- ^ L. NEIDINGER "NATO team ensures safe sky during Riga Summit" in Air Force Link, December 8, 2006, [1]
- ^ Nazemroaya, Mahdi Darius (May 17, 2007). "The Globalization of Military Power: NATO Expansion". . Centre for Research on Globalization
- ^ U.S. wins NATO backing for missile defense shield - CNN.com
- ^ LeMonde.fr : La France et l'OTAN
- ^ J. NYE, "NATO after Riga", 14 December 2006, http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/nye40
- ^ a b Xinhua - English
- ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Russia in defence warning to US
- ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Nato chief dismisses Russia fears
- ^ BBC NEWS, "Russia suspends arms control pact", July 14, 2007
- ^ Y. ZARAKHOVICH, "Why Putin Pulled Out of a Key Treaty" in Time, July 14, 2007
- ^ Marquand, Robert. "U.S., Europe gulf opens at NATO summit", The Christian Science Monitor, 2008-04-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ "NATO wants Albania and Croatia in by 2009 summit", International Herald Tribune, 2008-04-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ "Nato denies Georgia and Ukraine", BBC News, 2008-04-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
- ^ "Croatia & Albania Invited Into NATO", BalkanInsight, 2008-04-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
- ^ In NATO official statements, the country is always referred to as the FYROM, with a footnote stating that Turkey 'recognises the Republic of Macedonia under its constitutional name.'
- ^ Jim Dorschner & Radu Tudor, 'Questions remain after NATO summit,' JDW 16 April 2008, p.18
- ^ NATO Seeking to Weaken CIS by Expansion — Russian General (link) MosNews 01.12.2005 and Ukraine moves closer to NATO membership By Taras Kuzio (Link) Jamestown Foundation and Global Realignment [2] and Condoleezza Rice wants Russia to acknowledge USA's interests on post-Soviet space, Pravda 04.05.2006
- ^ http://www.nato.int/issues/pfp/index.html http://www.nato.int/pfp/sig-date.html
- ^ NATO Topics: The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
- ^ NATO Topics: Individual Partnership Action Plans
- ^ NATO homepage. Retrieved on 2006-03-12.
- ^ National delegations to NATO What is their role?. NATO (2007-06-18). Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ Espen Barth, Eide; Frédéric Bozo (Spring 2005). Should NATO play a more political role?. Nato Review. NATO. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ Fuller, Thomas (2003-02-18). Reaching accord, EU warns Saddam of his 'last chance'. International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ NATO PA - About the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- ^ NATO Handbook 2001, [3]
- ^ a b NATO Who's who? - Secretaries General of NATO
- ^ NURC Home
- ^ NATO, Organizations and Agencies, accessed May 2008
- ^ NATO C3 Agency
- ^ NATO Communication and Information Systems Agency
- ^ NATO Research & Technology Organization
- ^ NATO opens new centre of excellence on cyber defence - Contributing to transformation
- ^ Nato Centres of Excellence
- ^ Nato creates cyber-defence command
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References and Further reading
- David C. Isby & Charles Kamps Jr, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd 1985
Further Reading - Early period
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower. Vols. 12 and 13: NATO and the Campaign of 1952 : Louis Galambos et al., ed. Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1989. 1707 pp. in 2 vol.
- Gearson, John and Schake, Kori, ed. The Berlin Wall Crisis: Perspectives on Cold War Alliances Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. 209 pp.
- John C. Milloy. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, 1948–1957: Community or Alliance? (2006), focus on non-military issues
- Smith, Joseph, ed. The Origins of NATO Exeter, UK U. of Exeter Press, 1990. 173 pp.
Further Reading- Late Cold War period
- Smith, Jean Edward, and Canby, Steven L.The Evolution of NATO with Four Plausible Threat Scenarios. Canada Department of Defense: Ottawa, 1987. 117 pp.
Further Reading - Post Cold War period
- Asmus, Ronald D. Opening NATO's Door: How the Alliance Remade Itself for a New Era Columbia U. Press, 2002. 372 pp.
- Bacevich, Andrew J. and Cohen, Eliot A. War over Kosovo: Politics and Strategy in a Global Age. Columbia U. Press, 2002. 223 pp.
- Daclon, Corrado Maria Security through Science: Interview with Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General of NATO, Analisi Difesa, 2004. no. 42
- Gheciu, Alexandra. NATO in the 'New Europe' Stanford University Press, 2005. 345 pp.
- Hendrickson, Ryan C. Diplomacy and War at NATO: The Secretary General and Military Action After the Cold War Univ. of Missouri Press, 2006. 175 pp.
- Lambeth, Benjamin S. NATO's Air War in Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2001. 250 pp.
Further Reading - General histories
- Kaplan, Lawrence S. The Long Entanglement: NATO's First Fifty Years. Praeger, 1999. 262 pp.
- Kaplan, Lawrence S. NATO Divided, NATO United: The Evolution of an Alliance. Praeger, 2004. 165 pp.
- Létourneau, Paul. Le Canada et l'OTAN après 40 ans, 1949–1989 Quebec: Cen. Québécois de Relations Int., 1992. 217 pp.
- Powaski, Ronald E. The Entangling Alliance: The United States and European Security, 1950–1993. Greenwood, 1994. 261 pp.
- Telo, António José. Portugal e a NATO: O Reencontro da Tradiçoa Atlântica Lisbon: Cosmos, 1996. 374 pp.
- Sandler, Todd and Hartley, Keith. The Political Economy of NATO: Past, Present, and into the 21st Century. Cambridge U. Press, 1999. 292 pp.
- Zorgbibe, Charles. Histoire de l'OTAN Brussels: Complexe, 2002. 283 pp.
Further Reading - Other Issues
- Kaplan, Lawrence S., ed. American Historians and the Atlantic Alliance. Kent State U. Press, 1991. 192 pp.
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External links
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- NATO including Basic NATO Documents
- NATO: A Pledge for Peace and Progress - Canadian War Museum
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding NATO
- History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance—UK Government site
- NATO searches for defining role
- The Globalization of Military Power: NATO Expansion (CRG)
- CBC Digital Archives—One for all: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NATO at Fifty: New Challenges, Future Uncertainties U.S. Institute of Peace Report, March 1999
- NATO at 50
- The Impact of NATO forces in Afghanistan An analysis of the effects of the U.S. led occupation on the political and social climate of Afghanistan.
- "Will Turkey be complicit in another war against another neighbour?", CASMII, February 24, 2008.
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