“NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.” StatesPoliticalMembersCapabilityVaryNatoSteadfastness Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“The controversy over Russian gas deliveries shines a glaring spotlight on the risks involved in this industry. In an energy NATO, EU and NATO member states would guarantee one another assistance in obtaining energy, in any form, but without violence. Of course, we need an additional pipeline system for this purpose.” NeedsStatesFormPurposeCoursesEnergyViolenceRiskIndustryInvolvedMembersShiningGuaranteesGasAssistanceControversyDeliverySpotlightNatoObtainingPipeline Author:Lech Kaczynski
“I belong to the initiators of the... and we had repeatedly also asked the dismantling of the SS-20 but we did not connect them - that was the difference. We didn't connect them because we felt that this was a step taken, an unnecessary step by the American side and added to by the NATO member countries.” CountryFeltSidesDifferencesStepsTakenMembersUnnecessaryNato Author:Petra Kelly
“I have heard this a thousand times. Of course every state has the right to organize its security the way it deems appropriate. But the states that were already in NATO, the member states, could also have followed their own interests - and abstained from an expansion to the east.” WayStatesCoursesInterestHeardSecurityThousandMembersEastAppropriateOrganizeExpansionNato Author:Vladimir Putin
“If Estonia or any member-state was invaded and Article V was not invoked, NATO will fall apart. If it fails once, the alliance will no longer exist.” IfsStatesFallFailingMembersArticlesFalling ApartAlliancesNatoEstonia Author:Toomas Hendrik Ilves
“The rubber hits the road if Trump somehow turns his sights on Canada, as he has with Mexico, Australia and Germany, and takes some gratuitous comments on Canada's laxity on security or that Canada is not pulling its weight and has to do more in NATO, and so on. At that point, the pressure is on Trudeau politically, both from the media in Canada, from the opposition, maybe from his own party members, to shoot back.” IfsTurnsPartySecurityMediaTrumpMembersWeightSightPressureGermanyCanadaOppositionAustraliaCommentMexicoPullingNatoRubber Author:Michael Kergin