The Russia-NATO Relationship: Is It Worth Another Try?

Russia and NATO are discussing how to implement the decision taken at the North Atlantic Council (NAC) ministerial meeting on December 6, 2001 to develop new mechanisms in order to “give new impetus and substance to our partnership, with the goal of creating, with Russia, a new NATO-Russia Council, to identify and pursue opportunities for joint action at 20.” The mechanisms are to be “for consultation, cooperation, joint decision, and coordinated/joint action,” and are to be in place for the next NAC meeting in Reykjavik in May 2002. (Quotes from the Final Communique of the Ministerial of December 6, 2001, second paragraph.) […]

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