NATO Bucharest Summit 2008

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. The Associated Press: Bush Wins NATO Nod on Missile Defense (April 3, 2008)
   • "Now it is clearly understood in the alliance that the challenges of the 21st century, the threats of the 21st century, make it necessary to have Missile Defense that can defend the countries of Europe"
2. Balkan Insight: Macedonia Walks Out Of NATO Summit (April 3, 2008)
3. The Guardian: Sarkozy Signals Return to Nato Military Command (April 3, 2008)
4. Official Site: Summit Meeting: Bucharest, April 2008
5. Wikipedia: 2008 Bucharest Summit
6. Council on Foreign Relations: The NATO Alliance at War (April 2, 2008)
7. YouTube Video: Bush Supports Ukraine's NATO Bid (Time: 5:06)

NATO Bucharest Summit 2008 News

• Google News: NATO Bucharest Summit 2008
• New York Times: NATO Endorses Europe Missile Shield (April 4, 2008)
• Los Angeles Times: NATO backs U.S. missile shield (April 4, 2008)
• Washington Post: NATO, Russia Reach Land Transit Deal (April 4, 2008)
• NPR: Putin to Meet with Bush at NATO Summit (April 4, 2008)
• RIA Novosti: Russia-NATO talks to focus on missile shield, CFE, Kosovo (April 3, 2008)
• Radio Free Europe: Focus On Talks With Russia, Ukraine On Summit's Final Day (April 4, 2008)
• NPR: NATO Balks at Expansion, Boosts Afghanistan Effort (April 3, 2008)
• Balkan Insight: Macedonia Disappointed over Nato Rejection (April 3, 2008)
• Balkan Insight: US President: NATO Expansion 'Historic' (April 3, 2008)
• China Daily: Bush Regrets Macedonia Not Invited to Join Nato (April 3, 2008)
• The Guardian: Bush Urges Countries to Commit More Troops to Afghanistan (April 2, 2008)
• Bloomberg: Bush Says He Sees NATO Endorsing Missile Defense Plan (April 2, 2008)
• Balkan Insight: Spotlight On Macedonia's NATO Bid (April 2, 2008)
• The Earth Times: 2008 NATO Summit (April 2, 2008)
• EurActiv: 'Old' and 'New' Europe Divided at Nato Summit (April 2, 2008)
• Reuters: Russia to Offer NATO Afghan Transit at Summit (March 31, 2008)
• The Guardian: Nato Should Get in Vogue Like Madonna, Defence Analyst Says (March 31, 2008)
  • "Dr Peter van Ham, the director of global governance research at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, says Madonna's career should provide the blueprint for 'a strategic extreme makeover' for the alliance."
• The Associated Press: Key Disputes Between Russia and NATO (March 31, 2008)
• Eurasian Home: NATO-Russia Break: a Significant Possibility (March 31, 2008)
• Agence France-Presse: Bush Starts Europe Tour in NATO Aspirant Ukraine (March 31, 2008)
• ITAR-TASS: Anti-NATO Rally Organized in Central Kiev (March 31, 2008)
• News Blaze: NATO Foreign Ministers Meet to Prepare Summit Agenda (March 6, 2008)
  • "The meeting is a key opportunity for Foreign Ministers to shape the decisions for the Summit and continue enforcing NATO's role in handling today's critical security challenges."
• Southeast European Times: Croatia to Receive NATO Invitation at Bucharest Summit (March 6, 2008)
• New Europe: NATO Invites Putin to Attend Bucharest Summit (January 26, 2008)
  • "The NATO allies felt it was appropriate, given our relationship with Russia, to invite Putin"
• Xinhua News: NATO Chief: Missile Defence System to Be Major Subject (September 30, 2007)

NATO Bucharest Summit 2008 Blogs and Commentaries

• American Chronicle: NATO's Bucharest Summit (March 30, 2008)
• Gulf Stream Blues (Cafe Babel): Could the NATO Summit Give Birth to an EU Army? (March 31, 2008)
• The Heritage Foundation: Washington and London Must Not Give in to French Demands (March 24, 2008)
• Asia Times Online: Russia Throws a Wrench in NATO's Works (March 15, 2008)  
• Infoshop News: Bucharest: Resist 20th NATO Summit (March 14, 2008)
• CSIS: Ukraine and NATO at the Bucharest Summit (March 4, 2008) (54.3 KB)  
• U.S. Department of State: The Future of NATO: How Valuable an Asset? (June 22, 2007)