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Publication Date: May 2003
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: International relations
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This report provides a brief analysis of NATO's decision-making procedures, with several examples of how the allies have handled sensitive issues in the past. It describes the February 2003 dispute over providing NATO defense planning and equipment to Turkey, and analyzes the debate over the decision-making process, including possible alterations of that process. This report will be periodically updated. See also CRS Report RS21354, The NATO Summit at Prague, 2002.