Bulgaria Map
NATO Enlargement
So when they created the MAP in 1999, NATO’s leaders stated specifically that the MAP "cannot be considered as a list of criteria for membership." Instead, MAP is a tool to help countries prepare themselves. Each fall, under the MAP, aspirant countries develop an Annual National Program (or ANP) to set objectives and targets for reform. These reforms are focused in five key areas: political and economic development; defense and military issues; budgets; security of sensitive information; and legal issues. NATO reviews the Annual National Plans, and each Ally provides comment and feedback. In the spring, each aspirant meets with the North Atlantic Council in a "19 plus 1" format. The nine aspirants for this round of enlargement -- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Macedonia -- just completed their third MAP cycle and have begun their fourth round of the MAP. In this MAP round, they will be joined by Croatia whose participation in the MAP was ... [Read More]
Dr. Jeffrey Simon, "Partnership For Peace: Charting A Course For A New Era," 'The U.S. and NATO An Alliance of Purpose' - U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda - June 2004, Department of State, International Information Programs
With this in mind, NATO should establish more precise goals for keeping its Open Door program credible for the three remaining MAP members. This is likely to become an issue for Albania and Macedonia, who have been in PfP for almost a decade, have had five years of MAP and annual national plan experience, and whose patience may wear thin. If NATO is unprepared to offer membership soon, it needs to establish the prospect of it. NATO might consider some version of a "regatta" to link Balkan MAP partner accession to the completion of specific, well-defined NATO "acquis" with a notional time horizon of roughly five-to-eight years — even though the regatta concept was rejected for the 2002 Prague Summit invitees because many politicians claimed that accession is ultimately a political issue, which it is. ... [Read More]
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Remarks With Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy
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"NATO In The 21st Century -- The Road Ahead" - U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, March 2002, Department of State, International Information Programs
The MAP provides for concrete feedback and advice from NATO to aspiring countries on their own preparations directed at achieving future membership. It provides for a range of activities designed to strengthen each aspirant country's candidacy. The MAP does not replace the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. The aspirants' participation in PfP and its Planning and Review Process (PARP) has been tailored to their needs. Full participation in PfP/PARP is essential because it allows aspirant countries to develop interoperability with NATO forces and to prepare their force structures and capabilities for possible future membership. ... [Read More]
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