Understanding NATO in the 21st Century: Alliance Strategies, Security and Global Governance

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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 threats NATO faces and its responses.　 Each contribution follows a similar broad tripartite structure: an examination of the historical context in which the given issue or topic has evolved; an identification and characterization of key contemporary policy debates and drivers that shape current thinking; and, on that basis, a presentation of possible future strategic pathways or scenarios relating to the topic area.　 This book will appeal to students of NATO, international security and international relations in general. 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 Afghanistan 9 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