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Understanding NATO in the 21st century : alliance strategies, security and global governance / editors, Graeme P. Herd, John Kriendler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary Security Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--History.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Foreign relations.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Military policy.
- Security, International.
- World politics--21st century.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Understanding NATO in the 21st Century enhances existing strategic debates and clarifies thinking as to the direction and scope of NATO's potential evolution in the 21st century. The book seeks to identify the possible contours and trade-offs embedded within a potential third ""Transatlantic Bargain"" in the context of a U.S. strategic pivot in a ""Pacific Century"". To that end, it explores the internal adaptation of the Alliance, evaluates the assimilation of NATO's erstwhile adversaries, and provides a focus on NATO's operational future and insights into the new
- Contents:
- Cover; Understanding NATO in the 21st Century: Alliance strategies, security and global governance; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 NATO in an age of uncertainty: Structural shifts and transatlantic bargains?; 2 NATO's Genesis and adaptation: From Washington to Chicago; 3 U.S. perspectives on NATO; 4 NATO enlargement: Close to the end?; 5 NATO partnerships: For peace, combat, and soft balancing?; 6 NATO-Russia relations: Reset is not a four-letter word; 7 NATO and the Comprehensive Approach: Weak conceptualization, political divergences, and implementation challenges
- 8 Pulling together?:NATO operations in Afghanistan9 NATO and nuclear weapons; 10 NATO and cyber security; 11 NATO: Towards an adaptive missile defense; 12 NATO and energy security: Defining a role; 13 "Good enough is better than good": Towards a third "Transatlantic Bargain"?; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-203-07600-1
- 1-299-16064-6
- 1-135-12324-1
- 9780203076002
- OCLC:
- 829461210
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