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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Early Admissions, NATO Edition

 So, I found this after a long day of travel:

 

Which raises the question of what does the NATO application look like.  In the course of my previous NATO research, I found an application form:

  1. Name of Country
  2. Proximity to the North Atlantic (being adjacent to a sea that neighbors the Atlantic is good enough)
  3. Democracy (note, this only matters when you join)?
  4. How do you feel about acronyms?
  5. Do you use powerpoint or prezi?
  6. Do you have spare Soviet equipment?
  7. What is your favorite caveat?
  8. Who do you want as the next SACEUR?  [Just kidding, the US makes the decision and sometimes pretends to consult with the alliance]
  9. What food will you bring to the force generation conferences?  Each one is a potluck. 
  10. Beer or wine?
  11. Eastern front or Southern front?  [Russia settled that question for now]
  12. If you could have a new Centre of Excellence based in your country, what would it be and why?  
  13. Related to 12, how do you feel about calling CoE's something else? 
  14. Final question: if you could create alternative aspiration to replace the 2% of GDP guideline, what would it be and why?

 

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