AUDIO, TRANSCRIPT: Senator, National Security Experts Preview NATO Summit on NSN Press Call
Washington, D.C. – On May 20 and 21, international leaders will meet in Chicago for the first NATO summit on U.S. soil in over a decade. The meetings will showcase the Alliance’s response – and prospects for unity going forward – to the demands posed by transition in Afghanistan, nuclear policy and non-proliferation gains and setbacks, and economic uncertainty in Europe, as the Alliance works against the backdrop of NATO’s out-of-area success in Libya and the continued challenge posed by Syria.
On May 15, the National Security Network hosted a press call with Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs Chair and 2012 NATO Summit attendee Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and national security experts Amb. James Dobbins and James Goldgeier to preview the NATO summit and assess the prospects for pragmatic international engagement in a time of political uncertainty abroad and high-volume rhetoric at home.
Listen to the call HERE
Read the call transcript HERE
Highlights:
- Senator Shaheen discussed what’s at stake for U.S. interests and the strengths and challenges of the NATO alliance before she goes to the Chicago summit to conduct bilateral meetings and other summit events.
- Ambassador Dobbins addressed the implications for NATO and other allied efforts on Afghanistan, the Arab democracy movements and related challenges that occur outside the NATO arena.
- Dean Goldgeier reviewed relationships between NATO countries and those outside the Alliance, as well as the relationships among NATO member countries and NATO’s future shape.
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