The Role of the New NATO Allies in the Eastern Balkans
The Role of the New NATO Allies in the Eastern Balkans

Author(s): Blagovest Tashev
Subject(s): Politics, Regional Geography, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: NATO; allies; members; Eastern Balkans;
Summary/Abstract: In a speech before the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Cincinnati on August 16th, President Bush formally revealed his administration’s plan over the next decade to bring back home up to 70,000 military personnel and about 100,000 family members and civilian employees from their current bases in Europe and Asia, mainly in Germany and South Korea. Some of the troops and installations will be moved to “new locations so that they can quickly deal with unexpected threats.” hundreds of installations will be closed down and new ones will be built in places, which until 15 years ago, deemed America to be the enemy.

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