Bucharest: the place where answers take shape?

Features in the March 2008 issue of NATO Review include:

Photostory - Bucharest: the making of a Summit
The photostory gives some background facts, figures and behind the scene views on how to make a Summit.

On the road to the Bucharest Summit
What would the host country of NATO's Summit like to see the event achieve? Romanian President Traian Băsescu highlights the main areas where he hopes progress can be made.

Bucharest: a milestone in NATO’s transformation
Bucharest has four major areas where Bucharest can make a difference, says NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Here he tells NATO Review what they are and why they are so important. And how he sees these issues 'beyond Bucharest'

Rethinking NATO Partnerships for the 21st Century
Ron Asmus argues that NATO's partnerships have to evolve as much, and as quickly, as the security threats they tackle.
NATO and the Madonna Curve: why a new Strategic Concept is vital. At first sight, NATO and Madonna may not seem to have much in common. But here, Peter van Ham makes a compelling case that one has shown a knack of successful self-reinvention - and the other one needs to.

Bucharest: Planning and Partnership for security effect in the 21st Century
What is the best way for NATO to obtain the most strategic effect? Here Julian Lindley-French and James Townsend describe the potential path - and pitfalls - to pursuing optimal effect for NATO. One of the main recommendations is clearer focus.

From Comprehensive Approach to Comprehensive Capability
Friis Arne Petersen and Hans Binnendijk give a comprehensive description of how to best arrive at a Comprehensive Approach.

Tales of the past, lessons for the future
The end of the Cold War brought questions about the need for the Warsaw Pact and NATO. Soon, one crumbled, the other expanded. Why the difference? Petr Lunak looks for answers in Lawrence Kaplan's latest book.

• Primary Source

NATO: Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government, Bucharest, Romania, 2 to 4 April 2008 http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2008/0804-bucharest/index.html

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