The unity of two Atlantic sides from the birth date up to now passed too many ups and downs and now on it remains as one of the satiable and long life unity. After the 11 SEP, there were many tensions and challenges among the two Atlantic sides which face the future of this unity into the doubts and suspicions. From this point of view the existing and expansion of the NATO could be mention as a...

David Ellison, in order to present the major issues associated with the enlargement and transformation of the European Union and the expansion and evolving role of NATO. The first piece in the Forum, written by Jeffrey Kopstein and David Reilly, examines the ability of the European Union to assimilate new members over time and the extent to which EU structures and norms have replicated themselv...

one of the main issues faced by the north atlantic treaty organization (nato) in the post-cold war period has been the continued existence of the organization and accommodating its goals and agenda with the new world conditions. nato in this relation has made utmost efforts within the past two decades and by making a kind of identity transformation in its functions and missions, not only did no...

were invaluable. Comments from two anonymous referees were very helpful in revising the paper.

increase of influence and dominance over independent republics of central assia and caucasus in order to utilize the natural overflowing sources of this region is in immense strategy of america in future. therefore, by expanding nato into this region america is trying to decrease the influence of russia in these republics and in the meantime fulfilling the above purpose and also to prevent the ...

This article investigates NATO burden sharing in the 1990s in light of strategic, technological, political, and membership changes. Both an ability-to-pay and a benefits-received analysis of burden sharing are conducted. During 1990-99, there is no evidence of disproportionate burden sharing, where the large allies shoulder the burdens of the small. Nevertheless, the theoretical model predicts ...

In this paper the problem of the gauge in a bound state calculation is discussed. In particular, in order to verify the gauge invariance in the energy levels expansion, some set of gauge invariant contributions are given. Talk given at the NATO-ASI, Electron Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics, Edirne 8-16 September 1994 E-mail: [email protected]