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Can A Multilateral Security Organization, Modeled on NATO, Be Established in Northeast Asia?
Posted on Author Changsung Lee
NATO has always been a collective defence organization, aimed at repelling an external threat to Alliance members. However, ever since the Harmel Report of 1967, and certainly since the end of the Cold War, NATO’s purview has widened to include a much more prominent diplomatic role, related to a much broader understanding of what constitutes a security concern, without compromising its original mission. Changsung Lee considers whether this latter-day understanding of NATO’s purpose might serve as a template for a future multilateral security structure in Northeast Asia that could facilitate a rules-based order in that region, and perhaps help catalyze the reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
China’s Ascendance: Its History and Hazards – Part 2: The Long March
Posted on Author Meverest Lin
If you read “China” in Chinese, it actually means “Middle Kingdom.” It epitomizes why, politically and culturally, a significant proportion of the Chinese population believes that China is a superlative civilization that must restore itself to its “former glory.” Chinese emperors have fought for control of one of the longest-lasting empires on earth, from the mythical Read More…
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Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen|NATO Wales Summit
Posted on Author Jenny Yang
Jenny Yang, NATO Council of Canada’s Junior Research Fellow, attended the Sec-Gen’s doorstep speech today this morning, and transcribed it an hour later. Here is the transcription.