Marketplace Will Help NATO Interoperability.One of NATO's biggest challenges for the next decade will be to create a transatlantic marketplace where European and United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. industry can work together to achieve the goal of interoperability, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Rand Corporation Rand Corporation, research institution in Santa Monica, Calif.; founded 1948 and supported by federal, state, and local governments, as well as by foundations and corporations. Its principal fields of research are national security and public welfare. senior advisor In some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor. Robert E. Hunter. Hunter served as the U.S. ambassador to NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. from 1993 to 1998. "The only country keeping pace with the United States in military high-technology is Britain," he said. "The only way to sustain the alliance is to create capabilities on both sides of the Atlantic." Not just in terms of spending, the allies will have to keep up in terms of research and development, to prevent a "hollowing out," of the NATO alliance, Hunter said. "We must work with the allies to protect power beyond Europe, as we have to be able to communicate with one another as our forces are deployed around the world. A genuine transatlantic defense marketplace in goods, where technology is shared across borders, is the answer. Our forces must be interoperable," he said. |
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