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Defence Committee Publications

Defence - Seventh 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 24 July 2002.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

REPORT

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

HOW NATO HAS EVOLVED TO DATE

Post Cold War missions

Bosnia

Kosovo

Macedonia

NATO'S FUTURE ROLE

The post 11 September strategic setting

NATO's role in the campaign against terrorism

Consequence management

Pre-emption

NATO's ongoing tasks

Peace-keeping

Promoting Interoperability

Does NATO have a future role?

ENLARGEMENT

Membership Action Plan

Implications of Enlargement for NATO

The enlargement process after Prague

The applicants

The Baltic States

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Bulgaria and Romania

Bulgaria

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Security services

Prospects for enlargement

Continuation of the open door policy

Defence Diplomacy

PARTNERSHIP

The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)

Partnership for Peace (PfP)

The Mediterranean Dialogue

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Russia

Permanent Joint Council

NATO-Russia Council

Ukraine

Belarus

NATO and the EU

WEU and Petersberg tasks

ESDP

NATO's role

The present impasse


NATO AND THE UNITED STATES

The US and its European allies

Implications of the campaign in Afghanistan

The future for US involvement in NATO


CAPABILITIES

The Defence Capabilities Initiative

The EU dimension

A new capabilities initiative

Role specialisation and pooling of assets

Defence expenditure


REFORM OF NATO'S INTERNAL STRUCTURES

Decision-making

Administration

Military structures

Combined Joint Task Force


CONCLUSION


LIST OF CONCLUSIONS


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE


LIST OF WITNESSES


LIST OF MEMORANDA


DEFENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS IN THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT


ORAL EVIDENCE

Wednesday 12 June 2002
Wednesday 26 June 2002


WRITTEN EVIDENCE


 
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