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Julianne Smith, director of the CSIS Europe Program, appeared on Deutsche Welle's transatlantic talkshow Capital Cities, Divides within NATO and the deteriorating relations between NATO and Russia.
April 1, 2008

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Julianne Smith

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Divides within NATO and the deteriorating relations between NATO and Russia were at the center of Deutsche Welle's monthly transatlantic talkshow "Capital Cities," moderated by Rüdiger Lentz and Melinda Crane. Mr. Lentz is President USA of the Atlantic Initiative. [. . .]

What about solidarity within the Alliance. Kissinger just recently said there cannot be a NATO Alliance "à la carte." What does that mean?
JULIANNE SMITH: We don't want member states to be cherry-picking what parts of the mission they are comfortable with and putting constraints and limits on how their resources will be used.

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