Military - new material (22)
01 December 1997
Countering weapons of mass destruction. Jane's Defence Weekly, 12.11.97 pp39-53. Report on the counter proliferation policy of the Clinton administration specifically in the Persian Gulf area. The UK the USA and France have been working together closely in this area.
Euro defence groups ordered to rationalise J.A.C. Lewis. Jane's Defence Weekly 17.12.97 p17. The UK France and Germany have set a deadline of 31 March for their countries' aerospace and defence industries to draw up plans for restructuring. France said it would like Sweden to take part in the integration process while Italian Prime minister Prodi voiced strong interest.
NATO to review its role as world order changes Marc Rogers, Jane's Defence Weekly 28.1.98 p3. NATO has launched an 18-month review of its strategic concept to adapt to geo-strategic conditions since the end of the Cold War.
Les forces speciales des paras espagnols [Special forces of the Spanish paratroopers] Jean-Pierre Husson. RAIDS no 139, December 1997 pp38-44. This unit has been deployed in Bosnia.
Die konzertierte Abschreckung Europa auf dem Weg zur Nuklear- macht? [Orchestrated deterrence is Europe becoming a nuclear power?] Burkard Schmitt. Europaische Sicherheit 12/1997 pp47-49. The British and French nuclear arsenals together are now outnumbering the sub-strategic nuclear weapons that the US has assigned to NATO.
Europe - Maghreb; Vers une frontiere armee? [Europe - Maghreb; towards an armed frontier?] Bernard Ravenel. Damocles no 74/75 1997 pp 40-51. Second part of an article on the tendencies in European and American policies towards the Mediterranean especially in relation to the Algeria situation.
The European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy: The Planning Dimension Andrew Dolan. International Security Information Service (ISIS) Briefing Paper no 14 November 1997. Discussion of the potential mandate and inherent limitations for the policy planning and early warning unit for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union.
French parliamentarians find fault with NATO expansion Marcella Favretto and Tasos Kokkinides. BASIC Reports no 61 12.11.97. The French parliament is clearly the weak link in the ratification process of NATO expansion. They think that the American aim is to make Europeans pay for enlargement and sell their arms to Eastern European countries.
NATO U-turn on cost study Tasos Kokkinides. BASIC Reports no 62 15.12.97. In contradiction with earlier statements of NATO Secretary General Solana the study on the costs of expanding the Alliance will not be made public.
Codes of conduct: Coordination in the US the EU and the UN, BASIC 13.11.97. In the US and Europe efforts are under way to adopt Codes of Conduct on arms transfers in Congress and the European Union.
A motion for a resolution on the gradual establishment of a common defence policy for the European Union ("Tindemans Report"). European Parliament DOC EN\PR\341\341879.
Parliamentary debates
Defence industry Commons 3.12.97. cols. 267-289 Auto-missile Defence Commons 4.12.97. cols. 570-578 Iraq Sanctions Commons 21.1.98. cols. 985-992 Iraq Lords 26.1.98. cols. 39-49 Iraq Commons 26.1.98. cols. 21-31 Iraq Lords 2.2.98. cols. 455-462 Gulf War: Illness Lords 2.2.98. cols. 479-498