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NATO Burden-Sharing: Not a Lost Cause

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General | July 1, 2008

Rather than focusing on force levels, debates about burden-sharing within NATO should look at "defense transformation, operations, and the wider context of the international community's efforts." ++ While burden-sharing faces many challenges, more equality is possible through common funding, "transformation efforts to increase the pool of usable and deployable forces," and increased multinational initiatives. ++ As a security organization, NATO has an approach that gives it a better chance of creating fair burden-sharing than any other.