NATO ENLARGEMENT: NATO's Requirements and Costs for Commonly Funded Projects.
Abstract
On October 23, 1997, we testified before your Committee on a cost study that had been developed independently by the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). We also provided you with NATO'S schedule for preparing its own studies regarding the requirements and costs associated with the alliance's enlargement. This report responds to your request that we evaluate the basis for NATO'S cost estimate for enlarging its membership. You also asked for our views on DOD'S assessment of NATO'S estimate. At the Madrid Summit in July 1997, NATO invited three countries, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, to enter into negotiations to become NATO members. At the summit, the NATO heads of state and government also directed NATO'S managing body, the North Atlantic Council (NAC), to prepare an analysis of the commonly funded costs of enlargement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA339014
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office