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Bush Welcomes Lithuanians, Romanians Into NATO
Bucharest; Vilnius; 23 November 2002 -- U.S. President George W. Bush made quick stops in Lithuania and Romania today to embrace two of the seven nations newly invited to join NATO.

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NATO, European Leaders React To Expansion
Prague, 21 November 2002 -- All 19 of NATO's member nations have strongly praised the formal invitation of membership to seven former communist countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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Seven countries formally invited to join alliance
Prague, 21 November 2002 -- NATO this morning formally invited seven former Soviet-bloc countries to join the alliance in 2004, in what will be NATO's biggest expansion in its 53-year history.

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Bush Calls On Alliance Leaders To Remain United On Iraq

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RFE/RL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

NATO: Transcript Of RFE/RL's Interview With U.S. President Bush
In an exclusive interview with an RFE/RL Washington correspondent on 18 November, U.S. President George W. Bush said Russia has nothing to fear from NATO enlargement and weighed in on a host of other issues, including Chechnya, Iraq, human rights, and Central Asia.

By Jeffrey Donovan

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RFE/RL SPECIAL REPORT

Three Partners For NATO: Albania, Croatia, And Macedonia

By Patrick Moore

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Anti-NATO Dissent: A Mixture Of Radical Dissenters And Uneasy Patriots

By Catherine A. Fitzpatrick

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A Special Report by RFE/RL's Regional Analysis Department

Expanding NATO: The Prague Summit

Cooperation With NATO: In Search Of A New Dimension

'They Also Serve Who Only Stand And Wait'

Belarus And Ukraine: Presidents That Fall Short Of Euro-Atlantic Standards

The Baltic States: A Litmus Test For NATO

Bulgaria's Road To NATO

Difficult Times For An Important Alliance

Partners For Peace?

NATO And The War On Terrorism: The Case Of Afghanistan

Iran's Take On NATO Expansion

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Can An Expanded Nato Defeat Terrorism? (By Roman Kupchinsky)

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Enlarged Europe's Borderlands Pose Vast Challenge

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Adapting Nato For The 21st Century

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LEADERSHIP FORUM

RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY - ATLANTIC TREATY ASSOCIATION
More than 190 undergraduate and graduate students from 38 NATO and Partnership for Peace countries participated in the Leadership Forum sponsored by RFE/RL during the official NATO summit on 21 November. Students heard presentations by five heads of state: Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, Albanian President Alfred Moisiu, Croatian President Stipe Mesic, Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, and Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga. The students and presidents discussed the future of Europe, European-U.S. relations, and the role of NATO in meeting the security challenges of the 21st century.

Biographies & Speeches

George W. Bush
Romanian Foreign Minister Geoana, ex-Polish Premier Geremek, Atlantic Council President Makins |
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Boris Trajkovski |

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Alfred Moisiu |

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