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STOPWATCH 3, Debate 1: Expanding NATO's political consultations 2 February 2006 Multimedia Stopwatch : A special interactive video forum series with Jamie Shea In early 2005, NATO countries agreed to have more strategic political dialogue at NATO. The aim was to give Allies greater freedom and opportunity to discuss key security issues, even if NATO was not immediately involved in the issue. A year on, has this happened? Is NATO now the place where North America and Europe discuss freely the key political and strategic issues on the transatlantic agenda? Is NATO the right forum? Can more be done to strengthen political dialogue at NATO? These and other questions are tackled in the first debate of the third season of NATO's Stopwatch video debates. Moderated by Mr. Jamie Shea The experts taking part were: Mr. Charles Court, Canadian Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. Victor Rønnenberg, Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Dr. Peter Weilemann, Director of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung   Video Full STOPWATCH video .wmv/24606kb Video in parts:   Part 1: Is there more strategic political dialogue at NATO today? Is NATO the right forum for this dialogue? .wmv/6629Kb Part 2: Do political consultations at NATO come too late? Should NATO engage in more political dialogue before an operation is launched? .wmv/9391Kb Part 3: Is NATO taking on too much? Is NATO involved with too many partners? .wmv/8645Kb Transcript of the video forum - Audio version: .MP3/15355