The Future of NATO
Subtitle: Regional Defense and Global Security
By: Andrew A. Michta and Paal Sigurd Hilde, editors
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780472052400; 9780472072408; 9780472120727
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Arms control; Military readiness; National security; Defenses
Description: The conclusion of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Afghanistan in 2014 closes an important chapter in the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In this volume, European and US experts examine a range of perennial issues facing the Alliance, including relations with Russia, NATO's institutional organization and command structure, and the role of the United States in the Alliance, in order to show how these issues shape today's most pressing debate-the debate over the balance between NATO's engagement in security operations globally and traditional defense within the North-Atlantic region. The volume's contributors propose that NATO can indeed find a viable balance between competing, but not inherently incompatible, strategic visions. A theoretically informed, empirical account and analysis of NATO's recent evolution, this volume will appeal to both security scholars and practitioners from the policy community. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Regional versus global priorities; title: Can NATO get the balance right? / Andrew A. Michta; title: The out-of-area question in historical perspective / Helge Danielsen and Helene F. Widerberg; title: NATO and U.S. global security interests / Svein Melby; title: Dealing with Russia: A new 2020 vision? / Derek Averre; title: Burden sharing after Afghanistan / Janne Haaland Matlary; title: The alliance and the credibility of extended deterrence / Helga Haftendorn; title: When virture is deceptive: A critical look at NATO's comprehensive approach / Sten Rynning; title: Lean, mean fighting machine? Institutional change in NATO and the NATO command structure / Paal Sigurd Hilde; title: Caught between strategic visions: NATO's rapid reaction force / Jens Ringsmose; title: Conclusion: Building on ISAF, looking to the future / Andrew A. Michta.