ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss NATO's Article Five.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2001 TOPIC: This week, NATO invoked a mutual defense clause in its founding treaty for the first time, declaring that "an armed attack" by any of its allies is an attack on every member of the 19 country alliance. According to reports by the New York Times, the declaration suggests the United States would have the support of the allies if it takes military action against those deemed responsible for attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. However, experts in the story said that the declaration does not gaurantee that allies would participate in any military reaction, nor does it mean the U.S. would be forced to act through the organization. Instead, they said, it is merely an act of "solidarity." EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Edward A. Kolodziej is Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
adj. Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct. interdisciplinary Adjective Seminar on the Politics and Governance of the World Society. He came to the University of Illinois from the University of Virginia, where he was chairman of the Department of Government and Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. from 1967-1969. He served as professor and head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois from 1973-1977 and also as Director of the Program in Arms armed for war; in a state of hostility. See also: Arms Control, Disarmament disarmament Reduction in armaments by one or more nations. Arms reductions may be imposed by a war's victors on the defeated (as happened after Germany's defeat in World War I). , and International Security from 1983-1986. 217/333-3880 Prof. David Robertson
David Robertson (born 19 July 1958) is an American conductor. He is currently the music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. is a political scientist at the University of Oxford, in Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. . His expertise includes NATO-U.S. relations. 1865-274941 ; david.robertson@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk Prof. Dan Reiter is a political scientist at Emory University Emory University (ĕm`ərē), near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlanta. . He is an expert in foreign policy decision-making and international conflict. 404/727-0111. ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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