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Publications

• Assessing ISAF: A Baseline Study of NATO's Role in Afghanistan, by Cameron Scott. This BASIC Report provides an overview of ISAF's activities in countering the insurgent threat and bringing security to Afghanistan. March 2007.
  
  
• BASIC's Update on NATO. To mark the Riga Summit, BASIC will produce an update on the transatlantic Alliance. See this first edition that covers Afghanistan, capabilities, peace operations, and other issues facing NATO, 27 November 2006.
  
  
• Transatlantic Responses to Terrorism Web page, updated 18 August 2006. Includes BASIC analysis, links to official and NGO sites, and news articles.
  
  
• Meeting with Members of the WEU Assembly Defence Committee and Interparliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly, in Washington, DC. On 29 June 2005, BASIC hosted members of the WEU who are parliamentarians in their home European countries and were on a fact finding mission in the United States. Click here for a transcript of the entire meeting. Posted 23 August 2005.
  
  
• After the London suicide bombings: Facing difficult choices on home-grown terrorism, BASIC Notes, 15 July 2005.
  
  
• BASIC'S NATO E-mail Update, Defence Ministers Meeting 9-10 June: Nuclear Arrangements, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Iraq, 9 June 2005.
  
  
• Security Without Borders? The UN High Level Panel and the Challenge of UN Security Council Reform by Dr. Ian Davis and Trudy Fraser, BASIC Paper, March 2005.
  
  
• President Bush's Visit to Europe: A Bridge Over Troubled Water? BASIC Media Advisory, 20 February 2005.
  
  
• How Deep and How Long Will NATO Go in Afghanistan and Iraq? by Chris Lindborg, BASIC's NATO E-mail Series, 9 December 2004
  
  
• NATO's Nuclear Posture: What's Next? by Alistair Millar and Jason Ipe, BASIC's NATO E-mail Series, 8 December 2004
  
  
• NATO EU Relations State of Play as the EU Takes Over in Bosnia: Organisations Face a Crucial Window of Opportunity, by Annalisa Monaco, BASIC's NATO E-mail Series, 7 December 2004
  
  
• The OSCE at a Turning Point? by Ambassador Robert L. Barry, BASIC Note, 7 September 2004
  
  
• NATO and Missile Defence: Stay Tuned This Could Get Interesting, BASIC Note, 30 June 2004
  
  
• NATO Nuclear Doctrine and the NPT, BASIC Briefing, 29 June 2004
  
  
• The Problems Preventing NATO from Taking on a Larger Role in Iraq, BASIC Note, 28 June 2004
  
  
• NATO Ministerial Meetings in Brussels: Looking Ahead to the Istanbul Summit in 2004, BASIC Briefing, 3 December 2003.
  
  
• NATO's Angry Sponsors: The View From Capitol Hill BASIC Note, 13 June 2003.
  
  
• Is NATO Coming Under Pressure to Amend Its Nuclear Policy? BASIC Note, 2 June 2003.
  
  
• Senate Hearings on NATO Expansion: Key Issues of Concern BASIC Note, 28 April 2003.
  
  
• The Future of the OSCE BASIC Special Report 2003.1, Spring 2003. Detailed summary of panel discussion held last fall.
  See the brief summary of the panel discussion.
  
  
• Time for a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in Europe? BASIC Note, 27 February 2003.
  
  
• Rapid Reaction Forces: More Questions Than Answers BASIC Note, 25 January 2003.
  
  
• Military Intervention in Afghanistan: Implications for British Foreign and Defence Policy BASIC Paper #40, September 2002.
  
  
• The EU and the OSCE in the War on Terrorism BASIC Note, 5 September 2002.
  
  
• The OSCE: A Forgotten Transatlantic Security Organization?
  Analyzes the impact of the OSCE on managing conflict in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and suggests that this relatively unknown institution deserves more attention from policy makers. The report also makes recommendations for improving the OSCE.BASIC Research Report 2002.3, 31 July 2002.
  (Only available in Adobe PDF format)
  
  
• 'NATO Obviously Has to Move Ahead'
  BASIC Reports #80, April 2002
  
  
• Yugoslavia's National Healing Yet to Begin
  BASIC Reports #80, April 2002
  
  
• European Approaches to Civilian Crisis Management
  BASIC Special Report, March 2002
  Available only in Adobe PDF format
  
  
• The EU Rapid Reaction Force: Europe Takes on a New Security Challenge BASIC Paper #37, July 2001
  
  
• Blair Must Seek Middle Ground in Future EU Force
  Press Advisory, 20 February 2001
  
  
• A Conflict Prevention Service of the European Union (COPS) Research Report 2000.2, June 2000. Available only in Adobe PDF format.

• Kosovo: The Long Road to War, A Chronology 1988-1999
  A detailed timeline on the escalation of the Kosovo crisis with insights on the major political and military events. March 2000

• Will War Come Again Soon In the Balkans?
  Press Release, 17 December 1999

• EU Defence: Drafts of Helsinki Decisions Revealed
  Press Release, 6 December 1999

• ESDI: Right Debate, Wrong Conclusions 4 August 1999

• Crisis Prevention Finds its Way onto EU-US Summit Agenda Press Release, 21 June 1999

• A Risk Reduction Strategy for NATO: Preparing for the Next 50 Years BASIC Research Report 99.1, January 1999
  
  
• NATO Resists Pressures to Militarise Central Europe
  BASIC Paper #28, July 1998
  
  
• Senator Helms Drags NATO Back Toward Its Cold War Mission
  BASIC Paper #27, May 1998

• NATO's Strategy Review: A Litmus Test for NATO-Russia Relations BITS Research Note, December 1997

• Ministers to Issue Guidance for New NATO Strategy
  A BITS Press Release, 12 December 1997

• NATO's U-Turn on Cost Study Upsets Parliamentarians
  Press Release, 15 December 1997

• BASIC former director Daniel Plesch's testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on NATO expansion, 5 November 1997, BASIC Paper #23 UK

• US has 'get out' interpretation of NATO Treaty
  Press Release, 5 November 1997

• US Senator Jesse Helms aggravates NATO-Russian relations, Press Advisory, October 1997

• Military Buildup in Central and Eastern Europe: NATO Membership for Sale BASIC Paper #22, July 1997

• Anarchy in Albania: Collapse of European Collective Security? BASIC Paper #21, June 1997

• A New Strategic Concept for NATO BASIC Paper #20, May 1997 Also available in .pdf format.

• NATO Expansion: Time to Reconsider A special report, November 1996, jointly published with the Centre for European Security and Disarmament

• Future of the CFE Treaty BASIC Paper #17, May 1996

• NATO Enlargement and Ukraine BASIC Paper #16, April 1996

• Implementing Dayton: Arms Control and Intelligence in Former Yugoslavia BASIC Paper #15, March 1996

• Review of the Dayton Accords BASIC Paper #14, December 1995

• Arming Central and Eastern Europe BASIC Paper #12, September 1995

• Partnerships for Peace: Drifting into Secrecy BASIC Paper #11, June 1995

• NATO, Peacekeeping and the United Nations, Research Report 94.1, September 1994, jointly published with the Berlin Information-centre for Transatlantic Security