Washington has a small window of opportunity to mold NATO into amodern, effective alliance that advances the interests of theUnited States and other members. The U.S. will always retain theoption of unilateral intervention to defend its strategicinterests, but effective partnering with NATO is a sensible andrealistic way to formulate burden-sharing arrangements with itsEuropean allies.
In the post-9/11 world, NATO faces an evolving set of challengesand threats, including terrorism, ballistic missile attack,cyberterrorism, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction aswell as traditional military challenges. NATO members should agreeto new burden-sharing rules, including commitments to increasedefense spending and to reduce national operational caveats, andreadmit France into its integrated military command structures withconditions.
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