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NATO's new role?

The NATO foreign ministers gathered yesterday to confer on the crisis in the Caucasus. NATO General Secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer sharply condemned Russia and called for an immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops. Europe's press discusses the role of the alliance after Moscow's show of force.

Rzeczpospolita - Polonia

The conservative daily Rzeczpospolita welcomes NATO General Secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's strong words to Russia, and calls on the alliance to take action: "Scheffer is neither from the Baltic nor from Poland, and consequently cannot be accused of irrational Russophobia. He has simply given words back their true weight and reminded people that it is not normal for a high-ranking officer from a state hoping to become one of the most important democratic countries to threaten with a missile attack. ... Both Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Condoleezza Rice have called this alarming trend by name. And that is good, because it is the very devaluation of words in diplomacy that encouraged the Kremlin to pass from its rhetoric of arrogance to its policy of tanks. ... Only the harsh words are still having no effect on the situation in Georgia. ... Russian tanks are still ploughing over Georgian soil. If the West can find no effective means to force the Russians to withdraw, its esteem will suffer dramatically. Because words alone, even the strongest, are not enough here." (20/08/2008)

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Die Presse - Austria

The daily Die Presse is worried about the "Schröderisation" of NATO: "Before yesterday's summit many people were talking of a 'watershed' - and of how relations with Russia had to be 'fundamentally rethought'. And then all that came from Brussels was the announcement that the talks with Russia in the NATO-Russia Council would be postponed until the Russian troops have been withdrawn. We are used to hearing such wishy-washy reactions from the EU Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. But now NATO too seems to be largely 'Solanaised'. The Russians themselves repeatedly made clear before the Georgia crisis what they think of the NATO-Russia Council, namely next to nothing. A talking shop, they say, where you can get an insight into what makes the Western alliance tick without having to promise too much in return. But then after the 'Solanaisation', how far is it to the 'Schröderisation' of NATO? Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the Kremlin's most faithful propagandist in the West, recently said to [German news magazine] Der Spiegel that Russia does not pose the slightest threat, and that the country is simply misperceived in the West. Fine, fine, this is Europe's future à la Schröder: we will all become Gazprom employees, listen to Radio Moscow and parrot everything the Kremlin says." (20/08/2008)

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Dagens Nyheter - Suecia

The crisis in the Caucasus has made clear how much Nato has changed, writes the daily Dagens Nyheter, commenting that this will have a positive impact for Sweden: "Nato does not have it easy. There is no consensus on what actions it should take. Russia needs to be made to feel a reaction, and this reaction must be harsh, says the one camp. But it would not be smart, the other replies, pointing to the economic ties. This is more like a discussion in the UN Security Council than in a military alliance. Is Nato developing into an international debating club? That is how things look. When an organisation like the OSCE seems competent and relevant in a political context, it is definitely time to view Nato with new eyes. Not as a defence alliance, but perhaps as an organisation that provides personnel and material for missions abroad. For us Swedes that would be the ideal type of club. Because so far mutual assurances along the lines of 'all for one and one for all' have scared us off." (20/08/2008)

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Postimees - Estonia

The daily Postimees takes a sceptical view of NATO's loyalty to its members after the Caucasus crisis: "How would Russia react today if Estonia and the other Baltic states wanted to join NATO? Let's be happy we already have. But that does not answer the more important question of whether anyone would come to our aid in a crisis. The clause that in a defence case, all member states must answer for each other has not yet been put to the test. According to statements from the US, South Ossetia's 70,000 inhabitants are no reason to start a third world war. But then the question arises, just how big does a country have to be to justify intervention?" (20/08/2008)

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