The Eurocorps: making a fresh start in Europe.
USA Today Magazine › Vol. 122 Nbr. 2588, May 1994
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Summary
Proposal to establish European force to replace NATO
France and Germany have proposed the Eurocorps as a military force that would eventually take over the responsibility for the defense of Europe. The US is hostile to the plan, but this hostility is unwarranted. The benefits of the plan are discussed.See the full content of this document
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The Eurocorps: making a fresh start in Europe.
The French and German proposal to establish a force to supplement NATO - and eventually replace it - is an encouraging sign that the European nations want to assume responsibility for their own defense.
The demise of the Soviet Union creates the opportunity for new U.S. thinking to break through the permafrost that has overlain European security structures since the 1949 creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Some imaginative ideas have emerged, notably the North Atlantic Co-operation Council, formed in 1990 to promote cooperation between the former NATO and Warsaw Pact adversaries, and overtures to Russia about sharing early warning technology for anti-ballistic missile systems. However, Bush Administration officials balked at the vital fence - NATO itself - and the Clinton Administration is unlikely to adopt a different approach. The fact that the threat envisaged in articles five and six of the North Atla...See the full content of this document
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