NATO Enlargement: Disaster or Success? Evaluation of Worst CaseScenarios
Year: 2015

Despite the strong criticism against the NATO enlargement
policy, we can conclude that the enlargement has not caused any
significant damage to the Alliance. NATO’s internal cohesion
did not suffer a great loss, as seeking a consensus between
members is just as difficult as it was in the Cold War period.
The dividing lines between members on controversial issues are
not drawn on the grounds of the length of membership. Moreover,
no new iron curtains have been dropped, as the “new” member
states