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Defence - Third Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 31 March 1999.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

INTRODUCTION

NATO'S NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT

Why a new Strategic Concept?

NATO's Strategic Interests

Process of drafting the new Strategic Concept

NATO'S NEW ROLES AND MISSIONS

The New Roles

The Balance Between the Old and New Roles

NATO's Force Structure

Conventional Forces

NATO's Nuclear Posture

The New Missions

Peace Support Operations

Counter-Proliferation

The Mandate Question

Kosovo

NATO's Area of Action

THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE IDENTITY

NATO and the WEU

Transatlantic Attitudes

European Approaches

The United Kingdom

France

Germany

The Non-Aligned and the Unincluded

The Future of the ESDI

NATO AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

Introduction

Russia

Ukraine

Belarus

Central Asia and the Transcaucasus

The Baltic States

NATO ENLARGEMENT

NATO'S three new members

Implications for Trans-atlantic relations

Future Enlargement

The immediate prospects for enlargement

A 'Madrid plus' package

CONCLUSIONS: THE CHALLENGES OF THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT

ANNEX A: ITINERARY OF VISIT TO ROMANIA AND BULGARIA

ANNEX B: ITINERARY OF VISIT TO HUNGARY AND SLOVENIA

ANNEX C: ITINERARY OF VISIT TO PARIS AND BRUSSELS

ANNEX D: ITINERARY OF VISIT TO BONN

ANNEX E: ITINERARY OF VISIT TO RUSSIA AND UKRAINE

APPENDIX 1: The North Atlantic Treaty

APPENDIX 2: The Brussels Treaty

APPENDIX 3: Extract from the Berlin Declaration

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE


 
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