A Cold War Alliance Needs a Remake - nytimes

Forty-two military “partners” (including several from outside NATO) sounds impressive but is, in reality, largely hypothetical. - Letters to the International Herald Tribune: A Cold War Alliance Needs a Remake
Editorial - Europe and Afghanistan

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