NATO: regional organization or world policeman?
NATO: regional organization or world policeman? Tags: World , Commentary , Russia , Politics , NATO Maria Chupina 2.10.2010, 20:14 Russia hopes that NATO’s new strategy to be passed in Lisbon in November will provide for collective defenses which stay within the bounds of international law. According to Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, Russia expects NATO to abstain from taking decisions bypassing the UN Security Council, as it happened before. Moscow hopes NATO’s new strategy to shift emphasis from Article Five of the NATO Charter, which allows for independent decisions beyond the bounds of international law and within the jurisdiction of the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council, the minister says, should have the last say on security matters. Russia and NATO should cooperate within the bounds provided by the Founding Act and the Rome Declaration, which means that peace-keeping operations can be held only by the decision of th...
