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Ignazio La Russa
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Dr. Edgar Buckley                                                  
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Dr. Scott A. Harris                                                             
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Kent Schneider                                                                                                                          
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Jaak Aaviksoo                                                                                         
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Youcef Yousfi                                                   
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Mahmoud Karem                                              
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WMD Proliferation&#150;Threats and Response&nbsp;</h1>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0;">
Mr. Peter C.W. Flory</h2>
<h2 style="margin-top: 0;">NATO Assistant Secretary General&nbsp;</h2>
<p align="center"><img src="images/flory.png" alt="Mr. Peter C.W. Flory" width="100" height="150"></p>
<p>
It is an honour to be here today to talk about NATO&#146;s response to WMD proliferation,
 and in particular, NATO&#146;s policy on missile defence as an element of the
 Alliance&#146;s overall strategy to counter WMD.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
When Metternich was informed that his longtime rival, the wily French diplomat
 Talleyrand, had died, he is said to have remarked, &#147;I wonder what he meant
 by that?&#148; At April&#146;s Bucharest Summit, NATO leaders agreed on what I consider
 a balanced, realistic, and forward-looking statement on missile defense.
 I would like to organize my remarks around that statement&#151;and tell you
 a little bit about what NATO meant by that. In particular, I will try to
 give you some insight into the debates, discussions and considerations
 that led up to the Bucharest Declaration.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
I think this context on how NATO arrived at that statement is important.
 When negotiations between the U.S., Poland and the Czech Republic on extending
 the protection of the U.S. missile defence system to European allies were
 first announced in January 2007, missile defence had not been on the agenda
 of most European governments or security experts since the end of the Cold
 War. Technical work on missile defence had continued at NATO and among
 experts in national capitals and industry. But at least at the beginning,
 the political debate in Europe that began last January had a pronounced
 Cold War era-tone and flavor&#151;helped, if that is the right word, by some
 very Cold Warlike statements from Russia. By the time we got to Bucharest,
 however, the debate had moved on in a very constructive manner and laid
 the groundwork for our statement in Bucharest and for our subsequent work.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
The first element of the Bucharest statement was:
&nbsp;</p>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">
&#147;Ballistic missile proliferation poses an increasing threat to Allies&#146;
 forces, territory and populations.&#148;
&nbsp;</P>
<p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;As the details of that assessment are classified, I cannot go into them
 here. What is important is that the 26 members of the Alliance looked at
 the intelligence on WMD and missile programs in Iran, North Korea and elsewhere,
 including Iran&#146;s nuclear program and its ambitious missile testing over
 the past few years, and concluded that these programs pose an increasing
 threat to the Alliance. This echoed NATO&#146;s findings at the Riga and Prague
 Summits.&nbsp;</p>

<p>
While no one can predict with confidence the exact pace of Iran&#146;s missile
 and nuclear developments, there is an awareness among Allies that current
 trends are bringing more and more of NATO territory into missile range
 of Iran. There is also an appreciation of the fact that developing a NATO
 system to defend NATO territory against ballistic missiles, if the Alliance
 decides to do so, will take time, so delaying decisions until we have perfect
 clarity on the threat would involve risks.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
I think the Bucharest Declaration also reflects an awareness that in addition
 to specific programs in specific countries of concern, there is also, at
 a more general level, a growing nexus or potential nexus between (1) the
 spread of dangerous capabilities, specifically ballistic missiles and nuclear,
 biological, and chemical weapons and technologies, (2) political instability,
 and (3) extremist ideologies, in areas of importance to NATO and NATO members,
 that could pose a threat to the security of the Alliance. This approach
 is sometimes described as a &#147;capability-based approach,&#148; focusing not only
 on identified threats, but on the broader question of how an adversary&#151;any
 adversary&#151;might fight, and what capabilities might be needed to counter
 such threats.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
After noting the increasing threat, the Bucharest Declaration goes on to
 say:
&nbsp;</p>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">
&#147;Missile defence forms part of a broader response to counter this threat.&#148;
&nbsp;</P>
<p>
One of the questions many governments asked themselves, after the U.S.
 proposal put missile defence back on the agenda in NATO, was, where does
 missile defence fit into the spectrum of traditional measures for combating
 the spread of missiles and WMD? &nbsp;For example, should it be addressed by
 diplomacy, arms control, non-proliferation regimes, and traditional military
 deterrence? For some, the question was, will missile defence undermine
 or weaken these traditional tools?&nbsp;</p>
<p>
The answer NATO came up with was to recognize that missile defence is part
 of a broad, layered defence along with all the mechanisms I just mentioned.
 Most nations, of course, simply do not have the desire to possess dangerous,
 destabilizing weapons. In other cases, existing treaty and political norms,
 together with vigourous non-proliferation policies and diplomacy, have
 helped shape the balance of incentives so nations have abandoned the pursuit
 or possession of these weapons&#151;for example Kazakhstan and Ukraine, South
 Africa, and Libya.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
But these mechanisms have been unable to prevent some nations from defying
 the rules and norms. Not every nation agrees to be bound by treaties and
 agreements, and some of those that do, cheat. And it doesn&#146;t take a large
 number of nations like this to create a threat to others.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
In this context, Alliance leaders concluded that missile defence could
 support traditional arms control and non-proliferation measures. In particular,
 by devaluing ballistic missile capabilities, missile defence can over time
 reduce the incentive to develop missiles in the first place.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
Another consideration was the impact of missile defence on traditional
 deterrence. Here there is no doubt that traditional military deterrence
 will continue to play a vital role. But there is a growing concern that,
 in an era of dictatorial and/or extremist regimes that may not share our
 values or assumptions&#151;and especially after September 11 redefined the limits
 of what might be considered &#147;unthinkable&#148;&#151;traditional deterrence, while
 necessary, may no longer be sufficient. NATO nations also understand that
 some countries pursue ballistic missiles and WMD precisely because these
 can furnish an asymmetric means to counter traditional military strengths
 and deterrence.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
Another element in this discussion was the potential value of defensive
 options in deterring or countering threats, for example, in the case of
 a rogue regime willing to launch an attack against an Alliance member,
 then use its own population as a shield to prevent a military response.
&nbsp;</p>

<p>
The impact of the proposed U.S. European Site was of course a critical
 element in our discussions. Thus the Bucharest communiqu&#233; continues,&nbsp;</p>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">
&#147;We therefore recognize the substantial contribution to the protection
 of Allies from long-range ballistic missiles to be provided by the planned
 deployment of European-based United States missile defence assets.&#148;
&nbsp;</P>
<p>
When NATO Defence Ministers met in June 2007, they asked us&#151;the NATO staff&#151;to
 assess the implications for NATO of the planned U.S. missile defence system
 elements in Europe. This analysis covered issues such as, how much coverage
 and protection would the proposed U.S. site provide for NATO territory,
 and what would be the implications of the U.S. system for NATO&#146;s ongoing
 work on territorial missile defence?&nbsp;</p>
<p>
We did an extensive analysis and, on the first question, reached the conclusion
 I just cited: the European Site would provide a &#147;substantial contribution
 to the protection of Allies from long-range ballistic missiles.&#148;&nbsp;</p>
<p>
As to the second issue, I probably need to review for you what NATO was
 already doing on territorial missile defence. (I will talk about NATO&#146;s
 work on theatre missile defence shortly.)&nbsp;</p>
<p>
As many of you are aware, at the 2002 Prague Summit, NATO leaders asked
 the NATO organization to examine options to address the &#147;growing Ballistic
 Missile threat to Alliance territory, forces and population centres.&#148; This
 led to the Missile Defence Feasibility Study, which was completed and approved
 in 2006. It concluded that missile defence for NATO territory was technically
 feasible within the assumptions and limitations of the study.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
&nbsp;But this study did not include the U.S. missile defence system in Alaska,
 and it did not, of course, include the proposed Third Site. So we had to
 consider, how does the proposed U.S. European site change the results of
 the MDFS? Not surprisingly, the U.S. system has a substantial impact on
 the MDFS analysis, since the amount of NATO territory that a NATO system
 would have to protect would be substantially smaller than without the U.S.
 system.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
On the relationship between the U.S. European site and NATO&#146;s ongoing work,
 the Bucharest declaration went on to say:&nbsp;</p>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">
&#147;We are exploring ways to link this US capability with current NATO missile
 defence efforts as a way to ensure that it would be an integral part of
 any future NATO-wide missile defence architecture.&#148;
&nbsp;</P>
<p>
Here I need to give you a little more history on what we mean by &#147;current
 NATO missile defence efforts.&#148; NATO has been thinking and working since
 the 1990s on theatre missile defence for deployed forces (as distinct from
 the analysis of defense of NATO territory I just described). This work
 has its roots in the 1991 Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein used Scud missiles
 to attack military targets in Saudi Arabia&#151;as well as using extended-range
 Scuds against Israel in a strategic gambit to bring Israel into the war.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
This work culminated in an Alliance decision, following the Istanbul Summit
 in 2004, to develop the Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence
 program, better known as ALTBMD, to protect deployed NATO forces against
 missiles with ranges of up to 3,000 kilometres. Through the ALTBMD program,
 NATO is developing a command and control backbone that will link sensors
 and interceptors to be provided by nations. We are expecting this system
 to achieve an initial capability in 2010-2011.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
Based on the above findings, Allied leaders in Bucharest decided:&nbsp;</p>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">
&#147;&#133;[b]earing in mind the principle of the indivisibility of Allied security
 as well as NATO solidarity, [to] task the Council in Permanent Session
 to develop options for a comprehensive missile defence architecture to
 extend coverage to all Allied territory and populations not otherwise covered
 by the United States system for review at our 2009 Summit, to inform any
 future political decision.&#148;
&nbsp;</P>

<p>
&nbsp;Here the language is pretty clear. In fact, the Conference of National
 Armaments Directors (or CNAD) had already prepared, in preparation for
 Bucharest, an initial technical report on architecture options for a NATO
 missile defence system, building on the proposed U.S. system, to provide
 coverage for those areas not protected by the U.S. system. The CNAD, which
 I chair, is working now to refine those options and to complete additional
 analysis that the nations have asked us to undertake in preparation for
 the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit. Specifically, we will look at or continue our
 work on debris issues, defence against shorter range missiles, including
 the potential threat of missiles in the hands of non-state actors, technical
 questions relating to C2 information exchange, and the performance of national
 missile defence systems in providing comprehensive coverage of NATO territory
 and population centres. This work will provide the capability options for
 the political-military deliberations leading up to discussions and possible
 decisions at the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit next April.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
At Bucharest, we also addressed the question of Russia, and Russia&#146;s response
 to the proposed U.S. European site and the possible linkage of NATO and
 U.S. missile defence systems.
&nbsp;</p>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">
&#147;We also commend the work already underway to strengthen NATO-Russia missile
 defence cooperation.&nbsp; We are committed to maximum transparency and reciprocal
 confidence building measures to allay any concerns.&#148; 
&nbsp;</P>
<p>
Our approach to Russia is an important part of our overall approach to
 missile defence, and I want to be clear, NATO wants to work with Russia
 to address Russia&#146;s reasonable concerns. To that end, we have held a number
 of meetings of the NATO&#150;Russia Council to discuss the issue of the U.S.
 site and territorial missile defence for NATO, including detailed briefings
 by the U.S. on its missile defence system and the proposed European site.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
At the same time, Russia does not have a veto on Alliance decisions. And
 Russia has not, frankly, helped its cause by threatening Alliance members,
 or offering implausible arguments as to why Europe should not have the
 option of being defended against ballistic missiles&#151;something Russian leaders
 have themselves enjoyed for more than three decades. For example, it doesn&#146;t
 take an Einstein, as the Secretary General has said, to recognize that
 what the U.S. is proposing does not threaten Russia&#146;s strategic deterrent
 forces.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
&nbsp;Meanwhile, on the practical level, NATO is working with Russia to develop
 interoperability between NATO and Russian theatre ballistic missile defence
 systems and operators who might be deployed in adjacent areas of responsibility
 in a future crisis response operation. This work is generally going well.
 Most recently, this January we had a successful computer assisted exercise
 in Munich. On the other hand, Russian officials have been clear that Russia
 will break off this cooperation if NATO joins the U.S. in a missile defence
 system.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
Finally, Alliance leaders joined in encouraging
&nbsp;</p>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">
&#147;the Russian Federation to take advantage of United States missile defence
 cooperation proposals&#148; [and expressing readiness] &#147;to explore the potential
 for linking United States, NATO and Russian missile defence systems at
 an appropriate time.&#148;
&nbsp;</P>
<p>
I think these statements show how serious we are, in NATO, in seeking to
 work with Russia to address Russia&#146;s reasonable concerns, and potentially,
 to consider the linkage of U.S., NATO and Russian missile defence systems.
 It also shows that Allies recognize and support the efforts the U.S. has
 made in offering Russia options for missile defence cooperation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>
In closing, as you have seen, the work we are doing on missile defense
 is a new chapter in NATO&#146;s almost 60-year mission of collective defense.
 As Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer said in Prague in May, 
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&#147;the image of NATO as a mere fire brigade is too narrow. Yes, we must remain
 capable of responding to imminent threats. But we must also look ahead&#151;we
 must scan the strategic horizon for potential new challenges, and we must
 develop common approaches to deal with them&#151;making sure we take into account
 the time needed to develop those solutions.&#148;&nbsp;</P>
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