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23 May 2012

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, outlines how NATO’s new Strategic Concept’s ideas have been put into action.

7 May 2012

Václav Havel: remembering the big little man

Czech Minister of Defence, Alexandr Vondra, remembers one of Europe’s and NATO’s political giants, Václav Havel.

7 May 2012

How well do you really know NATO?

This 10 question quiz will find out how well you know the Alliance.

7 May 2012

From Cronkite to Korea: lessons learned

Alexander Vershbow, NATO Deputy Secretary General, talks about coming back to NATO again – and what he learnt on his travels.

30 November 2011

Mladic, Srebrenica and justice

In November 1995, Ratko Mladic was indicted for the genocide in Srebenica. He had overseen operations just four months earlier which had led to the deaths of around 8,000 men and boys. In announcing the indictment, the judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia added that Srebrenica saw 'scenes from hell, written on the darkest pages of human history". Today, Mladic faces justice in the same building where those words were uttered. NATO Review asks what difference this will make to the victims' families and the region. And whether this marks a milestone in the history of the Western Balkans.

1 April 2007

NATO and the Balkans : The case for greater integration

Dr Amadeo Watkins and Srdjan Gligorijevic discuss the past, present and immediate future of NATO's role in the western Balkans.

1 December 2006

The enduring influence of operations in NATO’s transformation

Diego A. Ruiz Palmer considers the ever-closer relationship between NATO's operations and the Alliance's transformation since the end of the Cold War.

1 June 2006

Reality check

Tomas Valasek examines evolving attitudes to collective defence at NATO from the perspective of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

1 March 2006

Would an independent Kosovo contribute to or undermine international stability?

Louis Sell versus Bruno Coppieters

1 March 2006

Christian Schwarz-Schilling: Bosnia and Herzegovina's last High Representative

Christian Schwarz-Schilling became High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina responsible for overseeing the Bosnian peace process on 1 February.

1 March 2006

Deepening relations

Gabriele Cascone and Joaquin Molina examine the coming year's prospects for the Western Balkans from a NATO perspective.

1 September 2005

Crossing the Rubicon

Ryan C. Hendrickson examines the chain of events leading to Operation Deliberate Force, NATO’s first air campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and their significance ten years on.

1 June 2005

Diaspora and Yugoslavia’s downfall

Thomas Yde reviews two recent books examining the role of Balkan émigrés in the wars of Yugoslavia's dissolution.

1 September 2004

Lord Ashdown: Bosnian High Representative

Lord "Paddy" Ashdown has been High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina responsible for overseeing the Bosnian peace process since May 2002. He is also the EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1 September 2004

Søren Jessen-Petersen: Kosovo Protector

Søren Jessen-Petersen has been Special Representative of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Kosovo since June 2004. A Danish diplomat with vast experience of both the former Yugoslavia and refugee issues, he came to Kosovo from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* where he had been the Special Representative of the European Union from February 2004.

1 September 2004

Staying the course

Robert Serry and Christopher Bennett analyse the future of NATO’s engagement in the Balkans after the end of SFOR.

1 September 2004

Kosovo: the way forward

Kai Eide summarises his impressions from working on the report on Kosovo's future that he produced this summer for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

1 September 2004

Reforming Bosnia and Herzegovina’s defence institutions

James R. Locher III and Michael Donley analyse the progress that Bosnia and Herzegovina has made in the field of defence reform.

1 September 2004

Partners in peacekeeping

Alexander Nikitin assesses the Russian experience of participating in NATO-led peacekeeping operations in the Balkans.

1 September 2004

Between integration and disintegration

Carl Bildt examines the key issues facing Southeastern Europe in the coming year and ways in which they might be addressed.

1 September 2004

Nikola Radovanović: Bosnian Defence Minister

Nikola Radovanović became the first Defence Minister of the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15 March 2004. As such, he is overseeing reform of the country’s armed forces and defence structures.

1 September 2004

Examining the SFOR experience

Admiral Gregory G. Johnson examines problems encountered and lessons learned from NATO's operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1 September 2004

Triumph of principle, patience and persistence

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer places NATO's achievements in Bosnia and Herzegovina in historical perspective.

1 September 2004

From Dayton implementation to European integration

Javier Solana assesses the significance of the deployment of EUFOR and considers how the European Union can assist Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European integration.

1 September 2004

Does the international presence in the Balkans require radical restructuring?

Gerald Knaus and Nicholas Whyte discuss the restructuring of the presence in the Balkans

1 August 2004

The dawning of a new security era?

Lionel Ponsard examines the significance for the European Union and NATO relations of the termination of SFOR and deployment of EUFOR.

1 April 2004

NATO's evolving operations

Adam Kobieracki examines the evolution of NATO's operations and considers prospects for future deployments.

1 April 2004

Burying the hatchet

Pavle Janković and Srdjan Gligorijević analyse Serbia and Montenegro’s relationship with NATO and urge the Alliance to admit their country into the Partnership for Peace.

1 January 2004

The Albanian dream

Alfred Moisiu analyses Albania's relationship with NATO and its aspirations for eventual Alliance membership.

1 January 2004

Brigadier-General Brännström: Partner in Peacekeeping

Brigadier-General Anders Brännström is the Swedish Brigadier General commanding Multinational Brigade (MNB) Centre in Kosovo within the NATO-led KFOR mission.

1 December 2003

NATO's Balkan Odyssey

Robert Serry analyses the evolution of NATO's presence and activities in the former Yugoslavia since the Kosovo campaign and considers future prospects.

1 June 2003

Looking forward to a Balkan Big MAC

Nano Ruzin analyses how Macedonia* has benefited from its relationship with NATO and other international organisations during the past two years.

Mladic, justice and 2011: view from Croatia

2011 marked a major year for Croatia. NATO Review speaks to its President on the day that it confirmed its entry into the European Union and asks whether 2011 is the year when there is more to discuss on the Western Balkans' future than to mull over its past.

Mladic, justice and 2011: view from Serbia

For Serbia, 2011 has marked the year when it met its last obligations to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Its path to the EU can now run much more smoothly. But as Serbian politicians point out, the country is now more focused on getting back to its former role of regional powerhouse in the Balkans.

View from the region

How do the countries of the former Yugoslavia see the events of 2011, including the arrest of General Ratko Mladic? NATO Review interviews key players from the region to find out.

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