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6 September 2011

NATO after 9/11: a US perspective

For a truly modern approach to bringing NATO up to speed on 21st century security threats, the Alliance needs smart spending, more commitment and clearer planning, argues Dr Jacquelyn Davis.

4 September 2011

Being NATO's Secretary General on 9/11

Being NATO Secretary General is always a job fraught with challenges and surprises. But on 11 September, 2001, Lord Robertson had one of the most extraordinary experiences of any NATO Secretary General. Here, he recounts how the day panned out.

4 September 2011

New threats: the cyber-dimension

9/11 heralded an age of new threats. Not least of these is the cyber threat. Here, Olaf Theiler outlines how NATO has had to adapt quickly to a fast changing, pervasive and often cheap security threat.

2 September 2011

NATO ten years after: learning the lessons

In retrospect, instead of heralding NATO's decline, "09/11" became the catalyst for the most fundamental changes in NATO's history, argues Michael Ruhle. Yet for the NATO Allies, the questions they had to ponder from the outset were as obvious as they were profound.

2 September 2011

10 years later: lessons learnt

The ten years since the 9/11 attacks have thrown up new and challenging security risks. How well have we kept up with them? Has NATO changed enough? In this edition, we look at what the security world has learnt since that historic day.

13 January 2011

Goodbye to all that: 2010 in pictures

What have we learned in security in 2010? We present a short picture story with some of the main events from the year - some of which may provide lessons for 2011.

1 January 2011

2012: welcome to the gridlocked world

Daniel Korski has worked in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan which have had to adapt to major changes quickly. Here, he argues that soon the whole world may have to do the same.

18 November 2010

The Tea Party: Home, alone?

NATO Review attends a Tea Party to see why people are drawn to the movement and if their domestic opposition to Obama's Administration will affect their views on his foreign policies.

18 November 2010

Obama, elections and foreign policy: the bucks stop here?

What links the US mid-term election results and future US foreign policy? How did voters feel about foreign issues? NATO Review asks Washington experts and Main Street voters.

8 November 2010

What could the US mid-term election results mean for NATO?

The mid-term election results are not all bad news for President Obama - but their impact on his foreign policy could be more difficult to predict.

8 November 2010

Post-election: new agreements, or new battles?

Just how much power does the House of Representatives have in US foreign and defence policy, and how much could newly-elected Republicans change direction, if they wished to?

8 November 2010

Angry America and the world at the mid-terms

The Democrats losses at the mid-term losses were not just about jobs. They were also about America's place in global issues and how American values were supported, argues Professor Michael Cox

18 July 2010

Football: divider or uniter?

Can football be used to bring people together? Or is it the cloak behind which crimes hide? NATO Review looks at how football has been used in both these ways around the world and looks at the differing attitudes to the game.

15 June 2010

Obama's nuclear dream: Yes, he can?

President Obama made one of his first commitments a move towards a nuclear free world. NATO Review looks at why this is important, the obstacles he faces and whether success is attainable.

23 September 2009

So near – and yet so far away

Even the US President has commented on Mexico's troubling drug wars. But here Sam Quinones, who lived in Mexico for a decade, argues that the country’s problems have limited security implications for the US – for the moment.

2 July 2009

Will the financial crisis make China a superpower?

Has the economic crisis helped or hindered the rise of China? And does it bring China closer to the US? An expert in China-US relations, Professor Jing Men investigates.