NATO and Weapons of Mass Destruction by Eric Terzuolo

Author:Eric Terzuolo [Terzuolo, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Military, General, Political Science, Security (National & International), Political Freedom, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
ISBN: 9781134180981
Google: b5V-AgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-05-07T15:52:56+00:00

Increasing focus on terrorism

Events forced NATO to focus increasingly on terrorism and the military requirements for combating it. Shortly after the March 2004 terrorist attacks in Madrid, allied foreign ministers had an informal meeting to welcome the seven new member states: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Ministers promised a new package of anti-terrorism measures for the Istanbul Summit at the end of June. Those measures were to include:

improved intelligence sharing between Allies, including through the recently established Terrorist Threat Intelligence Unit, which should be fully operational by the time of the Istanbul Summit; we must also intensify exchanges of information and intelligence with other international organisations and with the Partners;

enhanced response to national requests for NATO support (e.g. through the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre and use of NATO chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence assets) to help protect against and following a terrorist incident;

providing NATO assistance with security for selected major events, such as Euro 2004 in Portugal, and the Athens Olympics;

developing further the contribution of Operation Active Endeavour to the fight against terrorism and examining possible ways of support between Operation Active Endeavour and the Proliferation Security Initiative;

supporting the continued determination of Allies to address the threat posed by terrorist use of civil aircraft;

enhancing capabilities to defend against terrorist attacks.

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