Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Jaap De Hoop Scheffer" produced 18 items.
| 1. Russia's true intentions revealed | October 10, 2008 |
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The Georgia crisis suggests the EU and NATO should ease the conditions of accession for Georgia.
As NATO and the European Union formulate their longer-term responses to... | |
| 2. Georgia believes Russia could relent | September 17, 2008 |
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EU monitors could secure access to South Ossetia; Georgia's president outlines fresh reforms.
Georgia's parliamentary leader today outlined a new phase of domestic... | |
| 3. NATO barks but does not bite Russia | August 19, 2008 |
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NATO leaders say after an extraordinary meeting that “business as usual” is impossible while Russia has forces in Georgia.
At an extraordinary meeting of foreign... | |
| 4. Bad cop turns good cop | June 5, 2008 |
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The Dutch foreign minister enjoys the rough-and-tumble of his trade. “He is a rat, just like me,” a former political foe once said of the Dutch foreign minister. Maxime... |
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| 5. Sarko's window of opportunity | June 28, 2007 |
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France's NATO equities – measured in force contributions, military representation and what it pays into the budget – far exceed its investment in European Security and... | |
| 6. Less is more: the way to build EU-US trust | June 2, 2005 |
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Even the smartest rhetoric emanating from Washington cannot conceal the fact that there are a lot of irritating sound-bites buzzing over the Atlantic. A lack of trust... | |
| 7. UN fears battle groups will cut numbers of EU peacekeepers | May 26, 2005 |
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Senior United Nations officials fear the EU's battle-groups scheme could reduce the number of soldiers European countries make available for UN peacekeeping operations.... | |
| 8. The Week Ahead | May 4, 2005 |
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14 May: Irish premier and current head of the European Council Bertie Ahern visits Spain and Portugal as part of a tour of EU capitals;15 May: New EU member states submit... | |
| 9. The Networker | September 23, 2004 |
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WHEN Neelie Kroes was nominated as the Netherlands' next European commissioner, she had to send a photograph of herself to her future employer, to be put on the Commission's... | |
| 10. The Week Ahead | July 15, 2004 |
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15 July: Javier Solana, the EU high representative for the common foreign and security policy visits Bosnia to discuss the EU's taking over of SFOR's peacekeeping mission at... | |
| 11. If NATO cannot deliver as a credible force, how can EU? | June 10, 2004 |
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WHILE the world's leading powers bicker over how to sort out the mess in Iraq, there is near-universal agreement that restoring stability in Afghanistan is a top political... | |
| 12. Solana and Co. jittery over latest signs of instability in powder-keg Balkan states | February 26, 2004 |
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THE cliché of the Balkans being Europe's powder keg appears to have been reinforced in the past few weeks. Thousands have taken to the streets of Tirana urging the... | |
| 13. Iraq role a possibility, says NATO chief | February 19, 2004 |
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NATO's Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said the Alliance may agree to playing a bigger role in peacekeeping in Iraq if it is asked by a new government in... | |
| 14. Vitorino emerges as dark horse | January 15, 2004 |
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ANTONIO Vitorino, the justice and home affairs commissioner, could emerge as an unexpected candidate to replace Romano Prodi as the next president of the European Commission,... | |
| 15. EU-NATO relations demand a new realism if we are to build a strong, truly strategic partnership | December 18, 2003 |
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AFTER four years as secretary-general of NATO, I will be stepping down at the end of this year. These were four exciting years, in which the Atlantic Alliance transformed to... | |
| 16. Movers and Shakers | September 25, 2003 |
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DUTCH Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was this week named as the replacement for George Robertson as NATO secretary-general in Brussels.The 55-year-old former head of... | |
| 17. ‘Divergence cordiale' while French stay under Sartre's orders | September 25, 2003 |
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THE media never tire of the foreign policy split between the US and Europe that often seems as wide as, well, the Atlantic ocean. And Tuesday's opening of the 58th UN General... | |
| 18. Restoring the Dutch image after its annus horribilis | September 18, 2003 |
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Balkenende takes a step in right direction. THE Netherlands is in the midst of a serious public relations offensive in the EU, NATO and beyond – in an attempt to rectify... | |
