Recommendations for the New U.S. Ambassador to NATO
As U.S. ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder cannot afford to be soequivocal in the future: In terms of transatlantic security and America's national interest, he must put NATO first.
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As U.S. ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder cannot afford to be soequivocal in the future: In terms of transatlantic security and America's national interest, he must put NATO first.
The U.S. must push for increased defense spending among NATO members at the 2016 Warsaw Summit.
The LEP and B61 are important for maintaining a science and technology base that allows the U.S. to keep its weapons safe, secure, and reliable.
In an effort to create "one telephone line" to Europe, the EU's proposed Lisbon Treaty, successor to the European Constitution, would remove foreign policy from the intergovernmental sphere andmake it a supranational EU competence. An EU foreign policy will becharacterized by inaction, Franco-German dominance, and an attemptto limit American power.
The NATO Riga summit should serve as a forum for reinvigoratingNATO's role as a powerful force in the global war on terrorism.