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A NA TO-Russ ia Contingency Command PETER B. ZW ACK T he time may be opportune to consider establishing a tangible, combined  NA TO and Russi an milita ry entity to jointl y face the chall enges of the  post- 9/11 world. The global geostr ategic and political lands cape has drama ti- cally changed since al Qaeda’s surprise attack on 11 September 2001, the Uni ted Sta tes and NA TO’ s subsequent dismantli ng of the Tali ban in Afghani - stan, and the total defeat and liberation of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Diplo- matica lly , Europe—to include Russia—appears to be lookin g to repair and evolve its damaged US-transatlantic link in the wake of the Iraq War, while US rhetoric pillorying “old Europe” has subsided. All recognize a common threat in transnational terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass de- struction (WMD) and the need to commonly face a wide range of 21st- century security issues. Additionally, a catalyst for such a NATO-Russia ini tiative is present ing itself wit h NA TO’s brea k from prio r strictures limiti ng out-of-area deployments and the prospect of substantial US ground forces  being repos itione d from their bases in Germa ny to new locat ions in Easte rn Europe. These recent factors, coupled with a steady if uneven improvement in relations between NATO and Russia over the last decade, make consider- ation of such an initiative both feasible and timely. The concept of a formal NA TO-Russi a, headquart ers-focused, mili- tary relationship was informally raised in December 1996 within the Penta- gon’s Joint Staff. Ti tled the “NATO-Russia Cont inge ncy Command” (NRCC), the conce pt was then briefly reviewedwi thi n the Of fic e of the Und er Secre tar y of Defense for Policy in January 1997. Shortly afterward it went stillborn within the Department of Defense while a hybrid of this initiative, a “NA TO- Russia Brigade” for peacekeep ing operations in Europe, was publicly floated Spring 2004 89

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