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Four Key Tasks for NATO
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Hampton Roads International Security Quarterly
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April 15, 2008
- Author:
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is Secretary General of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. Secretary General de Scheffer discussed his
priorities for NATO on February 9th, 2008, at the 44th Munich
Conference on Security Policy
The "Wehrkunde", as we still all call this conference, means the
"study of defence". And we gather here in Munich each February to
analyze not only the nature of the challenges we face, but also to
assess - always candidly, always objectively - how we are doing and
what remains to be done. As NATO looks to its Bucharest Summit in
April, I believe there are four key things that we have to get
right.
First we have to ensure that the Afghanistan mission is on the
right track ...