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DTIC ADA482839: The NATO Summit at Bucharest, 2008

NATO held a summit in Bucharest, Romania, April 2-4, 2008. A principal theme of the summit was to be the clarification of NATO's mission, but no definable progress was made. The allies face an enduring challenge in their effort to stabilize Afghanistan. A Strategic Vision paper on Afghanistan clarified several issues but did not lead to a greater sharing of the combat burden among NATO governments. The allies decided to begin negotiations to admit Croatia and Albania, but a dispute over the formal name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) with Greece was not resolved, and Macedonia's possible accession was postponed. A last-minute initiative by President Bush to persuade the allies to admit Georgia and Ukraine to the Membership Action Plan (MAP) failed. The debate over missile defense led to the consolidation of an evolving allied position. See also CRS Report RL34415, Enlargement Issues at NATO's Bucharest Summit, coordinated by Paul Gallis. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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