Well, if the NATO countries don't make more of their troops usable and don't get the equipment to get them fast where the action is, then the organisation will suffer and will increasingly become irrelevant.

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

The rapid dissemination of technology and information offers entirely new ways of production, but it can also bring the spectre of more states developing weapons of mass destruction.

Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead.

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.