The CFE Treaty has been a huge success, achieving the elimination of thousands of tanks and other armaments across Europe. However, the bloc-to-bloc context in which the Treaty was originally ...negotiated has been overtaken by the transformed security situation in Europe. The author explains how the challenge of adapting the Treaty to the new parameters of European security has been taken up by NATO.
One of the innovative policies adopted by NATO leaders at the Washington Summit last April was an Initiative to ensure the Alliance's ability to address the challenge posed by the proliferation of ...Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This Initiative, an integral part of the Alliance's ongoing adaptation, will integrate political and military aspects of Alliance work on WMD issues and complement other existing international efforts in this area. The centrepiece of the Initiative is the creation of a WMD Centre to facilitate Alliance-wide coordination on proliferation matters.
