NATO's James Appathurai on partnerships and the Arab Spring
Channel: Atlantic Community
Date: 08/03/2012

NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy James Appathurai answers the question: "4. Given the modest changes seen in the Arab world in the wake of the 'revolutionary' Spring, please explain and quantify NATO's capacity to establish effective partnerships with Arab countries other than those which had already been explicitly pro-western and/or hosting US troops?"