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It should come as no surprise that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials are fond of citing Mark Twain’s retort to doomsayers that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. Having survived many rough tests since its birth, the 54-year-old alliance is still working to recover from a bruising disagreement among its members over the decision by some to oust Saddam Hussein’s regime. Its services, however, are still very much in demand:

■ About 37,000 NATO-led military personnel remain on crisis management duty in the Balkans.

■ NATO recently launched its first out-of-Europe operation, taking command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

■ In July 2003, the Senate voted unanimously to encourage the Bush administration to seek help from NATO in Iraq.

■ Several prominent Members of Congress and nongovernmental experts have called for a NATO peacekeeping mission between Israelis and Palestinians.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

8-2003

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

NATO Decisionmaking: Au Revoir to the Consensus Rule?

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