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1999 NATO Summit:
Documents, Updates & Analysis

THE ALLIANCE'S STRATEGIC CONCEPT, approved by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 23rd and 24th April 1999

Analysis:

• NATO at Odds with Itself over European Security

• No Leadership in NATO's Confused Concept

• NATO Reiterates Controversial Nuclear Doctrine

• NATO Assigns Counterproliferation Tasks to Military Forces

WASHINGTON SUMMIT COMMUNIQUÉ

Analysis:

• NATO Expansion 'Paused'

• Comments on the Draft Summit Communiqué

THE WASHINGTON DECLARATION, signed and issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 23 and 24 April 1999

Analysis:

• The Washington Declaration: An Exercise in Irony, by Stephen Young and Julie Smith

STATEMENT ON KOSOVO, issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 23 and 24 April 1999

• NATO: No Plans to Change Strategy in Kosovo, but Forced
  to Act to Contain Conflict, by Martin Butcher, Tanya Padberg, and Julie Smith

News

25 April 1999

• NATO at Odds with Itself over European Security

• NATO Expansion 'Paused'

• NATO Reiterates Controversial Nuclear Doctrine

• NATO Assigns Counterproliferation Tasks to Military Forces

24 April 1999

• No Leadership in NATO's Confused Concept

• Comments on the Draft Summit Communique

• NATO Allows Yugoslav Air Force to Bomb Kosovo Freely

• Will NATO Defend Montenegro?

• Strategic Concept Unfinished

23 April 1999

• The Washington Declaration: An Exercise in Irony

• NATO: No Plans to Change Strategy in Kosovo, but Forced to Act to Contain Conflict

22 April 1999

• No NATO Decision on Ground Troops at Summit

• Greek Defense Minister Accuses NATO over Kosovo Peace Plan Failure

• German Peace Plan 'Still Alive,' Say Officials

• US Agrees to Limit Future NATO Interventions to the 'Periphery of NATO Territory'

• NATO to Agree Additional Summit Documents

21 April 1999

• US-Russian Relations in 'Dangerous Crisis' Due to Kosovo Conflict

20 April 1999

• NATO Officials Unlikely to Finish Strategic Concept before Saturday Summit, Out of Area Missions Major Obstacle

• US Diplomats Prepare Kosovo Package for NATO Summit

19 April 1999

• NATO Strategy Fails Test in Kosovo Even Before its Adoption

Proposed Summit Documents

The Kosovo Crisis

The New Strategic Concept

Vision Statement on European Security

NATO's Open Door and Enlargement Policies

NATO Defense Capabilities Initiative

Weapons of Mass Destruction

European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI)

"Missing Documents"
Documents BASIC contends the Alliance should produce

• NATO Policy for Crisis Management and Security Sector Reform

• A Comprehensive Concept for Arms Control and Disarmament

Latest Updates

• Kosovo: Progress Toward a Solution? 4 May 1999
• NATO Reiterates Controversial Nuclear Doctrine 25 April 1999
• NATO Assigns Counterproliferation Tasks to Military Forces 25 April 1999
• NATO Expansion 'Paused' 25 April 1999
• No Leadership in NATO's Confused Concept 24 Apr 1999
• Comments on the Draft Summit Communiqué 24 Apr 1999
• NATO Allows Yugoslav Air Force to Bomb Kosovo Freely 24 Apr 1999
• Will NATO Defend Montenegro? 24 Apr 1999
• NATO: No Plans to Change Strategy in Kosovo, but Forced to Act to Contain Conflict 23 April 1999
• Thessaloniki Municipality Shows No Support for Land Plans 23 Apr 1999
• Athens Calls Russian Envoy's Initiative 'Positive' 23 Apr 1999
• STATEMENT ON KOSOVO issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 23 and 24 April 1999
• German Peace Plan 'Still Alive,' Say Officials 22 Apr 1999
• DOCUMENT: German Peace Plan for Kosovo 22 Apr 1999
• US Agrees to Limit Future NATO Interventions to the 'Periphery of NATO Territory' 22 Apr 1999
• DOCUMENT: Letter from Dutch Foreign Minister van Aartsen 22 Apr 1999
• DOCUMENT: Dutch Parliament Proposed Resolution on Strategic Concept 22 Apr 1999
• 'There is No Military Solution to the Kosovo Problem' 21 Apr 1999

Updates featuring chapters from BASIC Research Report A Risk Reduction Strategy for NATO (February 1999).

Summit Preparations

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