Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Between the European Union and NATO, Many Walls - NYTimes.com

"Between the European Union and NATO, Many Walls
By JUDY DEMPSEY
Published: November 24, 2010

BERLIN — When NATO leaders met for dinner last Friday night in Lisbon, there was little opportunity for small talk. Although the NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, had persuaded all 28 leaders at the summit meeting to agree to a new Strategic Concept for the Alliance, a U.S. missile shield for Europe and a fresh start between NATO and Russia, there was one unresolved issue that dominated most of the two-and-a-half-hour dinner. That was the relationship between NATO and the European Union. "

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