Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

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Former Danish premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen took over as the new head of NATO on Monday as he prepared to map out his vision for the alliance and address the challenges it faces in Afghanistan. The new secretary general inherits a daunting task with tens of thousands of NATO troops battling a raging Taliban insurgency that has been causing havoc ahead of the war-torn country's presidential election on August 20. He will also have to help rekindle icy ties with Russia, still seething that a Cold War foe is closing in on its borders, and ensure that thousands of NATO troops are eased out ... Read Full Story

NATO back Obama Afghan plan &channelName; By David Brunnstrom STRASBOURG (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won NATO backing on Saturday for his new approach to Afghanistan but his European allies stopped short of offering long-term troop deployments for the war effort. Leaders of the 28-nation military alliance pledged at a summit to send 3,000 more troops on short-term assignments to boost security for August 20 elections in Afghanistan, and some 2,000 more personnel to train Afghan security forces. They also promised to send 300 paramilitary police trainers and provide $600 million to finance the Afghan army and civilian assistance, Obama said. NATO Secretary-General Jaap ... Read Full Story

NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was admitted to hospital in Brussels Tuesday after suffering a blocked artery, days before he is due to stand down as head of the military alliance. "The secretary general went to hospital," spokesman James Appathurai told AFP, after the NATO's top civilian official became unwell at a central Brussels park. "They have cleared a small blockage in an artery. He is resting comfortably," he said. De Hoop Scheffer, 61, was still in intensive care with arterial thrombosis and will remain under observation for a few days, but doctors expect him to make a full recovery, Appathurai added. Earlier ... Read Full Story

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO must reassure new members they will be protected under the bloc's principle of collective security when it draws up a new mission statement, the military alliance's departing chief said Tuesday. Launching a year-long debate to formulate a new strategic concept to replace one dating back to 1999, Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said NATO must make populations feel more secure as well as providing security. De Hoop Scheffer, who will be replaced in August by former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, made clear this must involve a renewed commitment to Article 5 of NATO's founding treaty which says an ... Read Full Story