-  Renata Zaleska

SIn December of last year, a series of articles gave rise to public discussion as to who will be replacing Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as NATO’s Secretary General. The name of the incumbent will be revealed at the soon upcoming anniversary summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, but speculations have already had time to ripen and subsequently be dispelled. The Economist pushed forward an argument explaining why the top NATO job ought to go to an Eastern European, while the New York Times generally discussed the view that NATO is in need of a strong personality, if not a ‘noisier character’ altogether. All in all, it is quite evident that one of the challenges before the next Secretary General will be to continue breathing life into an entity whose very relevance continues to be undermined and overseen.

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