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NATO is "widening" its membership and "deepening" its powers and jurisdiction in the most sweeping expansion of the Cold War alliance's 53-year history. At a NATO summit in the Czech Republic capital of Prague on November 21st-22nd, membership invitations were extended to Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, all formerly within the Communist Warsaw Pact. Meanwhile, the alliance is proceeding with plans for assembling a NATO rapid response force of 20,000 troops to deal with ...