The challenge of NATO enlargement / edited by Anton A. Bebler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bebler, Anton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Membership.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Physical Description:

vii, 244 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Challenge of North Atlantic Treaty Organization enlargement

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.

Summary:

Examines the impact of NATO expansion into Central-Eastern Europe.

Contents:

I. The Rationale, Intentions and General Framework of the Enlargement 1

1. NATO beyond Enlargement / Javier Solana 3

2. Security Cooperation and the New NATO / Norman W. Ray 10

3. NATO and the New SHAPE / George A. Joulwan 16

4. NATO's Enlargement: Anatomy of a Decision / Jonathan Eyal 22

5. The Problems of Enlargement / Theo Sommer 35

6. The Need for a Post-Enlargement Strategy / Jeffrey Simon 41

7. EU Enlargement and European Security / Fraser Cameron 45

8. A Research Note on Eligibility for NATO Membership / Anton A. Bebler 49

II. NATO, Russian Federation and Ukraine 59

9. The Expansion of NATO in the Context of Global Politics / Mikhail S. Gorbachev 61

10. Dubious Security / Alvin Z. Rubinstein 69

11. On the NATO-Russia Founding Act / Nikolai N. Afanasievskii 75

12. NATO Enlargement and Ukraine / Oleksandr Pavliuk 81

III. The Invited Newcomers and Regional Stability 93

13. To the Senate of the United States / William J. Clinton 95

14. Poland as a NATO Member / Bronislaw Geremek 99

15. Polish Public Attitudes toward Joining NATO / Krzysztof Ostrowski 102

16. The Czech Republic and Western Integration / Otto Pick 106

17. Hungary's Security and the Enlargement / Istvan Gyarmati 110

18. NATO's Metamorphosis and Its New Members / Daniel N. Nelson, Thomas S. Szayna 116

19. The Three Central European Militaries and the Enlargement / Dale R. Herspring 127

20. EU and NATO Enlargement and Stability in Central-Eastern Europe / Monika Wohlfeld 136

IV. The Deferred and Other Central-Eastern European Candidates 149

21. Slovenia and the "Gray Zone" in Europe / Anton A. Bebler 151

22. Romania Endeavors to Join NATO / Adrian Severin 159

23. Slovakia and NATO / Eduard Kukan 163

24. The Enlargement and the Baltic States / Bo Huldt 167

V. The European Neutrals and Nordic Countries 175

25. The Austrian Debate on NATO Membership / Hanspeter Neuhold 177

26. Neutrality and NATO Enlargement / Curt Gasteyger 189

27. NATO Enlargement: A Nordic Perspective / Niels-Joergen Nehring 195

Appendix I Madrid Declaration on Euro-Atlantic Security and Cooperation 209

Appendix II Senate Resolution of Ratification on NATO Enlargement 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-234) and index.

ISBN:

0275961087

OCLC:

39951695