Jan 2002–Oct 2006NATO takes overcommand inAfghanistan
Mar–May 2003US leadsinvasion of Iraq
Nov 2003Rose Revolutionin Georgia
Mar 2004Baltic states, Bulgaria,Slovakia, Slovenia, &Romania join NATO
Nov 2004–Jan 2005Orange Revolutionin Ukraine
19–24 Mar 2005Tulip Revolutionin Kyrgyzstan