XVIIth International Workshop
On Political-Military Decision Making in the Atlantic Alliance
Old City Hall, Berlin, Germany 2-5 June 2000

Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon, Workshop Chairman
Anne D. Baylon, Editor

2000 Workshop Preface
Welcoming Remarks by Mayor Eberhard Diepgen
Welcoming Remarks by Lieutenant General Hartmut Moede

Part One

Chapter 1. Keynote Address

German Minister of Defense Rudolf Scharping

  • SHAPING THE NEW NATO AND THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP
  • INCREASING EUROPE’S ROLE
  • STRENGTHENING OUR ARMED FORCES
  • THE ROLES OF NATO AND THE EU
  • STABILIZING THE BALKANS
  • WORKING WITH RUSSIA
  • THE NEED FOR A PRO-ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP

     

    Chapter 2. Euro-Atlantic Enlargement: A Baltic Perspective

    Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus

  • OPENING REMARKS
  • REFLECTIONS ON THE VILNIUS STATEMENT
  • A REUNITED EUROPE
  • PREPARING FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP
  • COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 3. NATO’s Priorities for the Years Ahead

    NATO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Balanzino

  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
  • DEFENSE CAPABILITIES
  • ESDI
  • RUSSIA
  • PARTNERSHIP
  • ENLARGEMENT
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 4. NATO Moves Forward

    NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Guido Venturoni

  • THE NEED FOR ACTION
  • THE NEED FOR CAUTION
  • NATO-RUSSIA RELATIONS
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Part Two

    Chapter 5. The Future Relationship Between NATO and the EU

    Danish Defense Minister Hans Hækkerup

  • IMPLEMENTING “BERLIN PLUS”
  • THREE CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN BUILDING NATO-EU TIES
  • ENABLING EU ACCESS TO NATO ASSETS AND CAPABILITIES
  • NATO ASSISTANCE WITH THE HEADLINE GOAL
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 6. The European Security Dimension

    Italian Defense Minister Sergio Mattarella

  • A CHALLENGE TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
  • INCREASING EUROPE’S CONTRIBUTION TO DEFENSE
  • FOUR REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR A EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 7. Europe’s Security and Defense Structure

    Greece Defense Minister Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos

  • DEVELOPING A STRONG EUROPEAN DEFENSE ROLE
  • DEVELOPING EU-NATO COOPERATION
  • DEVELOPING A ROBUST EUROPEAN ARMAMENTS INDUSTRY

     

    Chapter 8. Ukraine’s Relations with NATO/Europe

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk

  • THE PATH TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
  • ACCELERATING THE RETURN TO EUROPE
  • UKRAINE-NATO RELATIONS
  • UKRAINE-EU RELATIONS
  • NATO AND EU ENLARGEMENT
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 9. European Defense Needs: Challenges and Answers

    German State Secretary Dr. Walther Stützle

  • APPRECIATING OUR PROGRESS
  • CONTINUING OUR JOURNEY
  • LEARNING FROM KOSOVO
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 10. ESDI as the Security and Defense Pillar of the New Europe

    Lt. Gen. Richard Wolsztynski, FrenchVice Chief of Defense Staff

  • OPENING REMARKS
  • WHAT IS THE PRESENT SITUATION?
  • WHICH CAPABILITIES ARE REQUIRED FOR WHICH MISSIONS?
  • EUROPEAN RECONSTRUCTION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 11. Perspectives on ESDI

    Admiral Jacques Lanxade, former French Ambassador to Tunisia

  • ESDI MUST BE BASED ON FOUR PILLARS
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 12. Russian Perspectives on the Development of European Security

    Russian Ambassador to NATO Sergei Ivanovich Kislyak

  • THE POSTWAR SETTLEMENT AND STRUCTURES
  • THE RESHAPING OF THE POLITICAL-MILITARY LANDSCAPE
  • THE NEW EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF SECURITY
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Part Three

    Chapter 13. Allied Command Europe’s Priorities

    SACEUR General Joseph Ralston

  • READINESS
  • THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
  • THE EUROPEAN UNION–NATO RELATIONSHIP
  • THE ALLIED COMMAND EUROPE TEAM

     

    Chapter 14. DSACEUR’s Perspective on ESDI

    DSACEUR General Sir Rupert Smith

  • ENGAGING SHAPE IN ESDI DEVELOPMENT
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 15. Challenges Facing European Security

    CINCSOUTH Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr.

  • THINKING OF KOSOVO IN THE LONG TERM
  • THE NEED TO INCREASE RESOURCES
  • REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
  • RECONFIGURING THE ALLIANCE
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 16. Future Tasks and Challenges for AFNORTH

    CINCNORTH General Joachim Spiering

     

    Part Four

    Chapter 17. Addressing the Disparity in Capabilities Across the Alliance

    U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy de Leon

  • HOW CAN WE CLOSE THE GAP IN CAPABILITIES?
  • CHANGES THAT WILL BENEFIT US ALL

     

    Chapter 18. U.S. Views on Acquisition Policy

    U.S. Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense David R. Oliver, Jr.

     

    Chapter 19. U.S. National Missile Defense: Setting the Record Straight

    Dr. J. David Martin, Deputy for Strategic Relations, BMDO

  • SEVEN FACTS ABOUT THE NMD PROGRAM
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 20. Implications of a Limited National Missile Defense

    U.S. Ambassador to NATO Alexander Vershbow

  • THE PURPOSE OF NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
  • ALLIED CONCERNS ABOUT A LIMITED NMD SYSTEM
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Part Five

    Chapter 21. The Defense Industry’s Transatlantic Debate

    Mr. John Weston, Chief Executive, BAE SYSTEMS

     

    Chapter 22. Using the Tail Wind to Reform European Security Policy

    Mr. Rainer Hertrich, CEO of EADS

  • OPENING REMARKS
  • POLITICS’ AND INDUSTRY’S COMMON OBJECTIVES
  • REFORM AIDED BY A TAIL WIND

     

    Chapter 23. Transatlantic Defense Industrial Cooperation: Can It Occur?

    Mr. Ralph D. Crosby, Jr., Northrop Grumman

  • SHOULD EFFECTIVE TRANSATLANTIC DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION OCCUR AND, IF SO, WHY?
  • WHY ISN’T TRANSATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION OCCURRING? WHAT ARE THE IMPEDIMENTS?
  • WHAT MUST BE DONE TO ENABLE COOPERATION TO OCCUR?
  • INDUSTRY’S ROLE
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 24. Defense Industry Restructuring and Implications of ESDI/DCI

    Dr. Thomas Enders, Executive Vice President, EADS

  • INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION AS A COROLLARY TO ESDI
  • HARMONIZING “EUROPEANIZATION” EFFORTS
  • TRANSATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
  • WHAT INDUSTRY NEEDS FROM ESDI

     

    Chapter 25. An Industry Perspective on DCI and ESDI

    Mr. William Lawler, Vice President, Boeing Military Aircraft and Missiles

  • SEEKING SOLUTIONS THROUGH DCI AND ESDI
  • TAKING A MULTINATIONAL, CUSTOMER-ORIENTED APPROACH

     

    Chapter 26. Defense Industry Restructuring and the Implications of ESDI

    Dr. Giorgio Zappa, President of Alenia Aerospazio

  • CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVES TO REINFORCE NATO’S EUROPEAN PILLAR
  • FINMECCANICA AND EADS: A EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO RESTRUCTURING
  • EUROPEAN CONSOLIDATION AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Chapter 27. Transatlantic Cooperation: An American Industrial View

    Dr. Robert Trice, Lockheed Martin Corporation

  • THE RESULTS OF TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION
  • MANAGING SOLUTION CHOICES
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

     

    Part Six

    Chapter 28. Kosovo and Southeastern Europe: Prospects for Stability, Peace and Reconstruction

    Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan

  • PROGRESS IN THE BALKANS
  • THE COMING ELECTIONS
  • PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE ELECTIONS
  • INDEPENDENCE AND MONTENEGRO
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STABILITY PACT
  • U.N. REFORM
  • RECONSTRUCTION IN THE BALKANS

     

    Chapter 29. A New Era for Southeastern Europe

    Albanian Defense Minister Luan Hajdaraga

  • THE STATUS OF KOSOVO
  • THE STATUS OF THE STABILITY PACT
  • ALBANIA’S EFFORTS TOWARD NATO MEMBERSHIP

     

    Chapter 30. Prospects for Stability in Southeastern Europe

    Foreign Minister Aleksandar Dimitrov

  • THREATS THAT STILL REMAIN TO SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
  • SUPPORTING PEACE EFFORTS IN KOSOVO
  • RESISTING “BALKANIZATION”
  • EFFORTS BEING MADE BY OUR COUNTRY
  • INTEGRATING SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

     

    Chapter 31. A European Perspective on the Lessons Learned from Kosovo

    General Klaus Naumann, Former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

  • CRISIS MANAGEMENT
  • CONDUCT OF OPERATION
  • EUROPEAN CAPABILITIES

     

     

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