This issue of Diplomatie focuses /keskendub/ on the most urgent /kiire/ security questions facing the Western community today: the future of NATO and the war in Afganistan.
Ambassador K. V. writes about NATO´s new strategic concept, the vision for which is due /tähtaeg/ to be released /antase välja/ by the NATO expert group in the coming days. According to V, the expert group done an admirable job and focused on the right questions but, taking account /arvesse võttes/ of the global situtation, much more is needed. "The process of developing /arendades/ a new Strategic Concept had demonstrated an even bigger truth: the challenges /väljakutsed/ facing our transatlantic community are far /palju/ greater than can be addressed /käsitletakse/ in a NATO strategic concept alone," states V. In the 21st century the international order - the context in which NATO carries out /teostab, viib läbi/ its duties - is being challenged /proovile panema/ fundamentally /põhjapanevalt/. The calls for /kutse/ a new approach /lähenemine/ to all of our assumptions /eeldused/ and institutions, not just NATO. We needed not only to renew NATO´s Strategic Concept; we need /me peame/ to renew /uuendama/ our commitment /pühendumine/ to a broad-based /laiapõhjaline/ and vibrant /elavale/ international order conductive /juhtiv/ to the realisation of democratic values, not just power politics /jõupoliitikat/. As in the 1940s, our leaders must act today to define /defineerima/ the kind of world we will live in decades from now."
According /kohaselt/ to V, several things are needed: "First we must look beyond /kaugemale/ the day-today... Each of the individual crises being tackled /maadeldakse/ in our own nations is in the fact related /seotud/ to the broader /laiem/ strains /pingutused/ on an international order. We cannot leave these challenges to bureaucracies /bürokraatiatele/, and we cannot tackle /maaldema/ these larger trends if we acting through dozens /tosin/ of piecemeal /tükiviisi/ approaches /lähenemisi/."
Secondly, "we need a big vision, not a series of smaller ones. Many of our actions thus /nõnda/ far have been limited /piiratud/ and process-oriented. We must not simply implement /täide viima/ the Lissbon Treaty, or reform NATO, or write a new document. We must reach beyond /kaugemale, üle/ do in our generation what a predecessor /eelnev/ generation did for us: lay /asetab/the foundations /alused/ of a international order that will nurture /toitma/ democratic, market economic and global security for decades to come /tulevateks kümnenditeks/."
And thirdly, "with the right vision, we need a strategy, and the best strategy is "Allies /liitlased/ first". In domestic politics base before reaching out /püüdes/ to to tackle /lahendama/ the broader /laiem/ electorate. In the international community, like-minded /sarnaselt mõtlevad/ democratic Allies /liitlased/ are our base. "
T.V. from the Centre for European Reform writes about the relenionship between NATO and Russia. According to him, the right way forward would be a dual-track /kahe tee/ policy of reassurance /uuesti kinnitama/ measures /meetmed/ inside the Alliance and a "reset" /uuesti alustama/ policy in its relationship with Russia: "Ressurance /uuesti kinnitama/ measures, if done right, would take away the opportunities - and the incentives /motiivid, ajendid/ - for a Russian goverement to pit /vastu seadma/ one NATO member against another, as it has done in recent years. This would not preclude /välistama/ closer co-operation on other issue such as missile /raketi/ defence; on the contrary /vastupidiselt/: Russia understands clarity and stength. By putting in place a combination of reset /uuesti alustama/ and reassurance /uuesti kinnitama/ measures, NATO would send a clear message that while it would not hesitate /kõhklema/ to act against Russia should it undermine /vähendama, õõnestama/ the security of any ally /liitlane/, the alliance would rather /pigem/ have a co-operative relationship with Moscow."
Polish analysts B.G.-W. and O.O. discuss Poland realtionship with the United States and Poland´s vision of the Baltic Sea area. According to G.W, Poland has not managed /ei õnnestunud/to achieve /saavutada/ any of its recent US-related foreign policy goals. Consequently /järelikult/, Polish policy vis-à-vis /silmast silma/ the US has been based on unrealistic assumptions /eeldused/ and has to be redefined - although the room for manoeuvre /manööverdamisruum/ is limited /piiratud/. O analyses the reason why the Baltic Sea region has never figured /esinenud/ very prominently /silmapaistnud/ in Poland´s world view, even though some leaders have tried to position Poland as a Baltic Sea power. He predicts /ennustab/ that the current /praegune/ tensions /pinge/ inside the European Union and the EU´s growing regionalisation may offer another chance to make Poland more receptive /vastuvõtlik/ to and interested in the challenges and opportunities /võimalused/ emerging /tulenevad/ from the region.
R.T. and R.T. - both of whom have backgrounds /taust/ in the Estonian military - discuss what it will take /on vaja/ to win in Afghanistan. T. demonstrates how badly the West is prepared to deal /tegutsema/ with fourth generation warfare /sõjapidamine/- the measures at our disposal /käsutuses olevad/ that used to bring /tõid/ success are now all too often counterproductive /mitte viljakas/. According to him, as a small country Estonia could become a pioneer in applying /kohaldama, rakendama/ more compreshensive /igakülgne/ approcaches /lähenemisi/. According to T., for the first time since 2001 the Western alies have a realistic strategy in Afghanistan that gives them a chance to win - although the challenges are big and many crucial /olulised/ questions are still unanswered.
J.L from the State Chancellery´s EU Secretariat writes about the economic crisis and the problems of the Eurozone. According /kohaselt/ to him, Greece may be in crisis, but the tensions /pinged/ affecting /mõjutvad/ the Eurozone as a whole are a natural, if not pre-progammed /etteprogrammeeritud/ part of its develeopment.
The book reviews also focus on economics: MEP I.T. has been reading about "meltdown /katastroof/ of Iceland"; and freelance /vabakutseline/ secuirty analyst I.E. has studidied the connections /sidemed/ between Israel´s army and the its economy in Dan Senor and Saul Singer´s book Start-up /algus, käivitaja/ Nation.
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