NATO´s New Role. The Alliance´s Response to a Rising China
Journal: Naval War College review
Year: 2016

Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine have been momentous in
their consequences for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO). Moscow has instilled new life in the almost
seventy-year-old alliance. Doubts about its relevance and
utility in the post–Cold War period have faded, at least for
the time being, as leaders ponder what Russian leader Vladimir
Putin will do next to challenge the alliance. Our central
argument is that the transatlantic relationship is challenged
by not only Russia’s M