The Practice of Alliance‐Building: How the Contested NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Came to Life?
Journal: European Policy Analysis
Year: 2025

ABSTRACT Traditional theoretical approaches, which draw on International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis or Policy Studies to analyse international public policymaking, reveal some important aspects of global governance, but fail to account for the complexity, unpredictability and even messiness of the multilateral diplomatic deliberations, reported by practitioners. Through a detailed discussion of how NATO established the policy of enhanced Forward Presence between 2014 and 2016, this artic