Historian Gabriel Kolko, author of Another Century of War and other works, analyzes the response of key members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the United States drive to war against Iraq. Kolko notes that "When the 15 nations in European Union met on February 17 their statement on Iraq was far closer to the German-French position than the American, reflecting the antiwar nations' economic clout as well as the response of some prowar political leaders to the massive antiwar demonstrations that took place the preceding weekend in Italy, Spain, Britain and the rest of Europe."