IMI-Aktuell 2015/270
Dual use NATO
(01.06.2015)
In der Foreign Affairs findet sich ein Interview mit NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg, in dem er die aktuelle Doppelfunktion der NATO – Eindämmung Russlands und Auslandsinterventionen – beschreibt, die beide von großer Bedeutung seien: „For 40 years, the main focus of NATO was collective defense in Europe, and we provided deterrence without firing a shot. Then, after the end of the Cold War, our focus turned ‘out of area,’ to crisis management in the Balkans, Kosovo, Bosnia–Herzegovina, Afghanistan, Libya, and fighting piracy off the Horn of Africa. Now, we are in a way turning our attention back home, back to Europe, back to collective defense. But we cannot stop the out-of-area crisis management.” (jw)