Nato summit faces Afghan test

Previews of the issues and significance of the NATO Summit, Starsbourg / Baden Baden, 3-4 April 2009, marking the 60th anniversary of the security alliance.

The Economist, No.8624, 28.3.09: NATO and its future. Have combat experience, will travel http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13376058

EurActiv, 3.4.09: NATO summit to focus on Afghanistan http://www.euractiv.com/priorities/nato-summit-focus-afghanistan-news-221599

BBC News, 1.4.09: Nato welcomes Albania and Croatia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7977332.stm

Deutsche Welle, 3.4.09: Germany to push for change at NATO jubilee summit http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4147455,00.html

Deutsche Welle: Dossier, 3.4.09: NATO turns 60 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4145871,00.html

NATO: Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government, Strasbourg, France / Kehl, Germany, 3-4 April 2009 http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2009/0904-summit/index.html

France24, 3.4.09: Afghan conflict to dominate Nato talks http://www.france24.com/en/20090403-afghan-conflict-dominate-nato-talks-60-anniversary-obama

BBC News, 3.4.09: Nato at 60: New doctrine for new threats http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7980897.stm

Spiegel Online International, 2.4.09: 'We Face New Threats and Challenges'. Article by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,616969,00.html

NRC Handelsblad, 3.4.09: NATO: Struggling at sixty http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2202223.ece/Nato_Struggling_at_sixty

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 1.4.09: New NATO's challenges http://www.rnw.nl/english

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