Bulgaria and NATO
Subtitle: 7 lost years
By: by Jeffrey Simon
Contributors: National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies
Series: Strategic forum -- no. 142
Publisher: National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Europe -- Foreign relations -- Bulgaria; Bulgaria -- Foreign relations -- Europe
Description: Bulgaria's actions and policies on military reform between 1990 and March 1997 left the country's institutions and military largely unprepared for integration with the Alliance. Bulgarian government and military officials have emerged from the state's self-imposed isolation lacking an understanding of how far behind they are, as well as what they need to do, to seek integration. Bulgaria's armed forces are only now starting to reform and downsize. The resultant social and economic pain has yet to be felt, and the state is likely to suffer significant political consequences. Some social and political figures may elect to portray the United States and NATO as the cause of Bulgaria's social, economic, and political pain. Bulgaria's citizens, politicians and military need NATO to better define its standards for interoperability.
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