VÁCLAV HAVEL – REMEMBERING THE BIG LITTLE MAN –
VÁCLAV HAVEL – REMEMBERING THE BIG LITTLE MAN –

Summary/Abstract: This article is an homage to Václav Havel’s eventful life and key contribution to the Alliance. The author begins by mentioning one of Václav Havel’s beliefs, namely that human rights and dignity are superior to any state sovereignty. Then, he writes about his contribution to the fall of communism in his country, the quick re-establishment of Czechoslovakia’s independence and the important process of his country’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance. Truly convinced of the indivisibility of freedom, Havel argued that the openness of the Alliance towards new European democracies was a key part of redefining itself. Václav Havel viewed NATO as something more than just a military organisation that provided extra security guarantees to its members. For him, NATO represented an alliance whose goal was to defend the shared values, moral principles, culture and civilisation through solidarity and strong political commitment.

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