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Book SynopsisThe book serves as a relevant and timely study of the most pressing issues facing NATO today – including recent lessons gained. It provides recommendations for consideration and further discussion (i.e., the “what” and the “how” regarding future policy options for the North Atlantic Alliance). Trade ReviewIn this volume, seasoned practitioners and scholars take a hard look at how NATO continues to evolve to meet changing security challenges to the transatlantic community. It's a go-to resource for anyone interested in the Alliance's history—and its future. -- Daniel Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University
This very thoughtful and insightful volume brings together an outstanding team of international experts to examine a variety of NATO activities and issues since the fall of the Soviet empire. In so doing, it helps prepare the reader to understand present NATO realities and to make informed judgments about its future. NATO: From Regional to Global Security Provider deserves a broad readership among public intellectuals, policymakers, students, and ordinary citizens who wish to remain current upon the major issues of the day. -- Robert Turner, University of Virgina School of Law
This volume provides a rich survey of perspectives on NATO’s activities over the past several years. The expert analysis is both insightful and prescriptive. -- Kurt Volker, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Yonah Alexander and Richard Prosen (editors) Part I: Horizontal Security Challenges: Emerging Security Challenges and Threats Chapter 1: Asymmetric Threats and New Security Challenges Natividad Carpintero-Santamaria (General Secretary, Institute of Nuclear Fusion) Chapter 2: NATO’s Cyber Decade? R. David Edelman (Director for Cyber Policy, National Security Staff) Chapter 3: Counter-Piracy Carrie Shirtz (Political Military Officer, Office of European Security and Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State) Chapter 4: The New NATO Policy Guidelines on Counterterrorism: Analysis, Assessment, and Actions Stefano Santamato (Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University) with Marie-Theres Beumler (European Peace University) Part II: Vertical Security Challenges: National, Regional and Operational Chapter 5: NATO and the Balkans: From Intervention to Integration Raffi Gregorian (Director, Peace Operations, Sanctions and Counter-terrorism Office, U.S. Department of State) Chapter 6: Operation Unified Protector: Prospects and Challenges for NATO's Role in Global Security James Henry Bergeron (Political Advisor, Striking Force NATO/U.S. Sixth Fleet) Chapter 7: NATO and Afghanistan: Partnership and Setbacks Richard Weitz (Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute) Part III: NATO’s Assets and Capabilities Chapter 8: Capabilities Development and Common Funding George Sinks (Program Manager, LMI) Chapter 9: NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defense Michael Ziemke (Office of Policy and Regional Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State) and Paul Dodge (Office of the Secretary of Defense) Part IV: NATO: Quo Vadis? Chapter 10: NATO-Russia Relations: Ukraine and Other Unfinished Business Patrick Murphy (Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies) Chapter 11: The Changing Parameters of the Transatlantic Security Relationship: The Case of Afghanistan Georgiana Cavendish (U.S. Department of State) Chapter 12: Partnership for Peace Consortium: An Innovative Approach to Defense Education and Institution Building Raphael Perl (Executive Director, Partnership for Peace Consortium) and Enrico Mueller (Deputy Executive Director, Partnership for Peace Consortium) Chapter 13: NATO Partnerships into the Future Leslie Ordeman (Spokesperson at the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem) and Bruce Weinrod (Former Secretary of Defense Representative for Europe and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and NATO Policy) Chapter 14: NATO as a Security Exporter: Resourcing Capabilities and Capacity to Shape and Protect NATO’s Global Interests Derrick J. Busse (Potomac Institute for Policy Studies) Chapter 15: Summary and Conclusions Yonah Alexander (Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies) Bibliography
