NATO

  • Feb 17, 2003
  • 7 min read

FRANCE: Principled stand damages Atlantic alliance

France and the United States still disagree over policy towards Iraq, with Paris insisting a...

France
  • Feb 13, 2003
  • 6 min read

RUSSIA: Moscow plays weak hand on missile defence

Moscow's recent statements on its willingness to cooperate on missile defence may appear to...

Russia
  • Feb 13, 2003
  • 7 min read

SLOVAKIA: Coalition wobbles over bugging scandal

On February 7 Interior Ministry officials again denied police involvement in phone-tapping...

Slovakia
  • Feb 12, 2003
  • 7 min read

WESTERN EUROPE/US: NATO rift poses strategic risks

NATO officials continue to struggle towards a solution to the crisis over planning for the...

United States
  • Feb 7, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/NATO: Moscow still ambiguous about alliance

The new body for interaction between NATO and Russia, often referred to as 'NATO at 20', has...

Russia
  • Jan 31, 2003
  • 7 min read

UKRAINE: Lack of reform limits Western warming

On January 22, NATO and Kyiv published the Ukraine-NATO Action Plan....

Ukraine
  • Jan 31, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA: Confident Putin tackles Chechnya his own way

Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer arrives in Moscow next week to plead for the return...

Russia
  • Jan 28, 2003
  • 7 min read

TURKEY: Ankara procrastinates over US support

The government hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and...

Turkey