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Editorial Team: Why doesn’t NATO have a good slogan? The NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy answers this and more in a final set of your questions, including answers about post-Cold War relevance and the strength of the Article 5 guarantee.
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Vivien Pertusot: Are NATO’s partnerships simply a form of public diplomacy intended to improve the Alliance’s image, or are they projects with real strategic potential? NATO now faces three choices: continue with business as usual, allow the partnerships to die, or invigorate them with renewed commitment.
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Eoin Michael Heaney : Recent events including the Gulf oil spill and another confrontation between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands have prompted the British press to lament the demise of the Special Relationship. But in fact, the success of the partnership is all down to personality and always has been.
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Lyle Brecht: The vast majority of the cyber ecosystem infrastructure resides in the hands of private actors, both in the US and the rest of the world, not public sector government. Thus, the private sector should secure the cyber ecosystem. That’s the best way to prevent a cyber cold war among nations.
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Nick Witney: Europe’s biggest challenge in coming decades is how it will get along with the Islamic world. Europe needs to shake off its habitual passivity on the Palestinian issue as European security is inextricably bound up with finding and maintaining a modus vivendi with the Muslim world.
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Vilborg Ása Guðjónsdóttir: Lessons from Disagreements between the United States and Europe from 1954-2009
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Tobias Wolny: Dealing with Russia should not be left to cold warriors and Russian well-wishers. Both Old and New Europe will benefit from replacing threatening language with confidence building measures in their approach to diplomatic relations with Russia.
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Daryl Kimball: The next US president must take action towards nuclear disarmament in three distinct areas. He or she must pursue reductions in US and Russian nuclear arsenals, work towards ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and reassess and reduce the role of nuclear weapons.
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Hans-Ulrich Klose: Mistakes have been made on both the Russian and the Western sides. Russia should now be approached as an equal rather than looked down upon or scolded for non-democratic ways.
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Lukas Vitalijus: The absence of a dominating trend in foreign relations today reveals how complex the world has become since the end of the cold war. With global matters overriding national ones, and priorities in international relations changing faster and more unpredictably than ever before, a single doctrine is no longer able to provide an explanation.
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Niklas Keller: of the Atlantic Initiative calls utility, power and control the fundamental pillars of the transatlantic relationship. Slight differences in values should not overshadow the immense benefits that both Europe and the US gain from their alliance.
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The US is no longer the world’s sole superpower, but it can prevent its relative decline from becoming absolute. ++ Rather than insisting on American preeminence by “vainly” pouring billions into foreign wars, the US should negotiate boundaries on its use of force, establish norms in the global competition for resources, curb the international arms trade, and “focus increased
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Obama and McCain’s respective stances on Russia evoke a palpable difference in their demeanor. ++ “McCain is prepped for a new Cold War; Obama is looking for a thaw.” ++ The foundations for McCain’s positions were laid forth by the impetuous Bush administration, which balked at the notion of binding treaty obligations. ++ “McCain makes George W. Bush seem like a prudent statesman.” ++ Renewed
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Russia’s recent actions make it look like the Cold War is back, but Russia is still a poor, weak country. ++ Russia’s military is no match for NATO and their backup nuclear arsenal is unlikely to play a role in conflicts. ++ Moscow can claim few worthwhile allies and efforts to woo China have largely failed. ++ Capitalism requires Russia to behave and if energy prices continue to slide,
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Senator McCain’s call for a “League of Democracies” would be a danger rather than an aid to world peace. ++ With both Russia and China excluded, the league would be unable to combat the most pressing global matters: terrorism, climate change, and nuclear proliferation. ++ McCain’s plan could even create a Cold War-like tension between democratic and autocratic states. ++ The League of Democracies
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