Title: Strengthening Transatlantic Security: A U.S. Strategy for the 21st Century


Date: 04/12/2000
Language: french

STRENGTHENING TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY. A U.S. STRATEGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Table of Contents

Preface

CHAPTER I: AMERICA'S VITAL INTERESTS IN EUROPE

Democracy and Human Rights
Economic Prosperity
Security

CHAPTER II: A STRATEGY OF ENGAGEMENT

NATO
Multilateral and Bilateral Engagement

CHAPTER III: NATO-THE ANCHOR FOR TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY

Improving Defense Capabilities
Strengthening the European Pillar
Enlargement

CHAPTER IV: BUILDING BLOCKS OF A TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY BEYOND NATO

Partnership for Peace
Southeastern Europe
Engaging the Russian Federation
Engagement with Ukraine
The Baltic States
OSCE and Other Contributors to Security
Arms Control

CHAPTER V: THE ROLE OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES IN EUROPE

Shaping the Security Environment
Crisis Response and Smaller-Scale Contingency Operations
Deterrence and Collective Defense

CHAPTER VI: IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION TO FACE GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Security Threats Posed by Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
Ballistic Missile Defenses
Theater Missiles Defense
National Missile Defense
"Non-Traditional" Transnational Threats
Building Security in Regions Beyond Europe
Persian Gulf, Middle East, and Mediterranean Littoral
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia

Conclusions: Leadership for the 21st Century


Source:
Defense Press Service. US Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil
Reproduced with permission