  We review the nuclear forces currently in use, i.e., the high-precision NN
potentials of the 1990's and the nuclear two- and many-body forces based upon
chiral effective field theory (EFT). We argue that the EFT approach is superior
to any of the older schemes. Since accurate chiral forces are available now,
the stage is set for microscopic nuclear structure to move into a new exciting
era.
