NATO and the Quest for Post-Cold War Security [Paperback]

This volume presents often sharply contrasting views on the future of NATO. Its contributors, mainly security specialists, cover structural reform of NATO and its relationship with the European Union; evidence or arguments in support of the Alliance taking on new tasks like peacekeeping and enlarging eastward to include countries of the former Soviet bloc; and a variety of arguments against enlargement, ranging from concerns about Russia's reaction to questions about whether the US should remain involved in Europe.Foreword; Baroness Thatcher - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Introduction - PART 1: RETHINKING WESTERN SECURITY STRUCTURES - NATO at Sixty: Quests for Western Security in a Changed Europe; S.Serfaty - NATO and the Evolution of a European Security Identity; G.A.Mattox - The Alliance and New European Security Challenges; S.F.Szabo - PART 2: CONSIDERING NEW RESPONSIBILITIES: THE CASE FOR ENLARGEMENT - NATO's Double Enlargement: New Tasks, New Members; R.D.Asmus - East Central Europe: Problems, Prospects and Policy Dilemmas; F.S.Larrabee - Official Perspectives from Eastern Europe - PART 3: QUESTIONING BROADER COMMITMENTS: THE CASE FOR CAUTION - Reviving the West; C.A.Kupchan - Russian Perspectives on the Expansion of NATO; S.Eisenhower - Is NATO Still Relevant?; W.G.Hyland - Wishful Thinking and Strategic Evasions; T.G.Carpenter - PART 4: ASSESSING FUTURE PROSPECTS - Conclusion: Political Options and Obstacles; C.Clemens - Index

'...a useful book which provides a full range of arguments for and against NATO's re-structuring in order to become the quintessential Transatlantic security institution after the East-West conflict.' - Wilfried von Bredow, Journal of Strategic Studies