Leaders Preparing For This Weekend's Nato Meeting

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomes Russia's involvement in the upcoming summit in Lisbon. Photo from Radio Free Europe

The Search For A New NATO Strategy: 'Military Power Can't Cure Everything' -- Spiegel Online

An interview with German diplomat Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz.

NATO's new strategic concept will be unveiled at a summit in Lisbon later this week. In an interview with SPIEGEL, distinguished German diplomat Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz, who helped draft the new plan, spoke about the alliance's new humility, its evolving relationship with Russia and why the US might lose interest.

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More News On The Upcoming Nato Meeting This Weekend In Lisbon

White House Details U.S. Goals at Lisbon Summit -- U.S. Department of Defense
NATO Lisbon Summit, November 19-20, 2010:Revitalizing NATO for the 21st century -- ActMedia
NATO to outline new strategies for new realities -- Washington Post
NATO to Call For Retention of Nuclear Deterrent -- Global Security Newswire
PREVIEW-NATO to endorse Afghan strategy despite Karzai row -- Reuters
NATO, Russia to cooperate in Afghan war -- Yahoo News/AP
Germany hails NATO’s invitation to Russia -- Voice of Russia
The сost Russia will pay for NATO rapprochement -- RIA Novosti
5 Ways to Bring NATO and Russia Together -- Oksana Antonenko and Igor Yurgens, Moscow Times
A Russia-NATO Alignment -- Eurasia Review
NATO Relevance Questioned Ahead of New Strategic Concept -- Radio Free Europe
NATO, Nuclear Security and the Terrorist Threat -- Sam Nunn, New York Times
Uncertain destination of Atlantic journey -- James Blitz and Daniel Dombey, Financial Times
NATO's Milestone Lisbon Summit: An Interview With Robert E. Hunter, Senior Advisor, RAND Corporation -- Council On Foreign Relations
A Future for NATO Beyond Lisbon? -- Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Global Security
NATO’s 2010 Strategic Concept: Five Markers of Success -- Heritage Foundation