From Boston.com:
AMONG the knotty issues President-elect Barack Obama will have to address are the future shape and mission of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO has outlived its original purpose, and the lack of a clear mission now is causing tensions that are avoidable.
Because of Russian anxiety about NATO expansion, Obama will need to reach an understanding with allies about whether Ukraine and Georgia can join the organization. He will also have to resolve the difference between NATO's Cold War mission and the version being improvised by some NATO members in Afghanistan.
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AMONG the knotty issues President-elect Barack Obama will have to address are the future shape and mission of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO has outlived its original purpose, and the lack of a clear mission now is causing tensions that are avoidable.
Because of Russian anxiety about NATO expansion, Obama will need to reach an understanding with allies about whether Ukraine and Georgia can join the organization. He will also have to resolve the difference between NATO's Cold War mission and the version being improvised by some NATO members in Afghanistan.
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