INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS

We have constantly been keen on organizing meetings with senior foreign officials and delegations. Among those with whom we have had contacts so far are: Mr. Chris Donnelley, Special Adviser for Central and Eastern European Affairs to the NATO Secretary General;

Dr. Alvin Bernstain, NDU, former director of "George C. Marshall" Center for European Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirschen; Dr. Jonathan Eyal, director of studies with the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies in UK; NATO Defense College in Rome, with the delegation from the Italian Defense College in Rome; with the delegation of the Royal College of Defense Studies in UK; with the delegation of teachers in the "George C. Marshall" Center for European Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirschen.

One of the initiatives recently promoted relates to the Atlantic Treaty Association and to the Atlantic Councils of the NATO member states and partners. Since October 1999, the MW Euro-Atlantic Association Romania has become an associated member of ATA and has developed extensive contacts with the Atlantic Centers and Councils in the countries of South Eastern Europe.

DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Although our Association is rather a young one, we have developed relations with similar organizations from abroad:

• The"Manfred Wö rner" Association is a member of the Standing Conference of Atlantic Organizations (SCAO) since 1997 and an
• Associated Member (within the Euro-Atlantic Council Romania) of the Atlantic Treaty Association since October 1999.

 

For the future we aim at further developing and expanding the array of activities in cooperation with the national institutions involved in the process of integrating Romania in the European and Euro-Atlantic structures. We also intend to establish new relations with international NGOs, think-tanks and associations in Western Europe and the United States, that share similar views with our Association.