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Book SynopsisAs the NATO Alliance enters its seventh decade, it finds itself involved in an array of military missions ranging from Afghanistan to Kosovo to Sudan. It also stands at the center of a host of regional and global partnerships. Yet, NATO has still to articulate a grand strategic vision designed to determine how, when, and where its capabilities should be used, the values underpinning its new missions, and its relationship to other international actors such as the European Union and the United Nations. The drafting of a new strategic concept, begun during NATO's 60th anniversary summit, presents an opportunity to shape a new transatlantic vision that is anchored in the liberal democratic principles so crucial to NATO's successes during its Cold War years. Furthermore, that vision should be focused on equipping the Alliance to anticipate and address the increasingly global and less predictable threats of the post-9/11 world. This volume brings together scholars and policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic to examine the key issues that NATO must address in formulating a new strategic vision. With thoughtful and reasoned analysis, it offers both an assessment of NATO's recent evolution and an analysis of where the Alliance must go if it is to remain relevant in the twenty-first century.
Trade ReviewNo recent volume is a better guide to the historical legacies that created the current institutional structure of NATO, the policy dilemmas of the Balkans a decade ago and of Afghanistan today, the complex and ambiguous diplomatic relations between NATO and Russia, and the various schemes for enhancing cooperation within the organization. Foreign Affairs [Offers] both a timely review and counsel on the key issues currently facing the alliance. Whether the reader is actively involved in the shaping of NATO's future or merely interested, this edited volume gives good insight into the history of NATO since the Cold War and adds much to the debate over how the next SC could shape a 'common transatlantic vision.' International Affairs
Table of ContentsForewordLawrence Freedman Introduction: Missions in Search of a VisionGulnur Aybet and Rebecca R. Moore 1. NATO at Sixty-and BeyondJamie Shea2. The NATO Strategic Concept Revisited: Grand Strategy and Emerging IssuesGulnur Aybet3. NATO's Secretaries-General:Organizational Leadership in Shaping Alliance StrategyRyan C. Hendrickson4. Implementing NATO's Comprehensive Approach to Complex OperationsFriis Arne Petersen, Hans Binnendijk, Charles Barry, and Peter Lehmann Nielsen5. NATO-Russia Relations: Will the Future Resemble the Past?Martin A. Smith6. Missile Defenses and the European Security DilemmaSean Kay7. The "New" Members and Future Enlargement: The Impact of NATO-Russia RelationsRoger E. Kanet8. NATO Enlargement and the Western BalkansGabriele Cascone9. The Future of the Alliance: Is Demography Destiny?Jeffrey Simon10. Partnership Goes Global: The Role of Nonmember, Non-European States in the Evolution of NATORebecca R. MooreConclusion: Looking ForwardGulnur Aybet and Rebecca R. MooreContributors Index
