Product details
- Categories: UN - United Nations
- Publisher: OUP - Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 9780192855534
- Publication Date: 18/11/2022
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 352
- Language: English
Summary
War has returned to Europe, and NATO stands at the forefront of the
response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine. But how does NATO function?
How do NATO member states perceive and act through the Atlantic
Alliance? And ultimately how do states shape NATO's cohesion and
relevance in the face of threats?
The Nations of NATO
explores national policies within the Atlantic Alliance. It examines the
foreign policies of 16 allies, focusing on issues such as their
strategic cultures, relationship with the United States, contributions
to NATO operations, levels of defence spending, domestic challenges, and
decision-making processes. The recent crisis in Ukraine has without
doubt reinvigorated NATO as a military alliance, but over the last
decade it has also been affected by a number of challenges, both
endogenous and exogenous. Whether the Alliance is threatened from the
outside (Russia, terrorism, China) or is being undermined from within
(intra-Alliance politics, diverging threat perceptions) has become an
increasingly debated issue. The degree to which the Alliance can adapt
to evolving threats has also been at stake. At the heart of these
debates are NATO allies' policies, preferences, threat perceptions, and
level of commitment to the shared enterprise.
By analysing the
drivers, constraints, and specificities of relevant national policies,
the volume offers an overview of NATO's contemporary functions and
challenges, and constitutes an important source of data for future
research and comparative analysis.
Table of contents
ntroduction, Thierry Tardy
1:NATO's nations, relevance, and cohesion, Thierry Tardy
Part I. Non-NATO-aligned states with a broad security agenda
2:The United States, Heidi Hardt
3:France, Alice Pannier
4:Turkey, Can Kasapoglu
Part II. NATO-aligned states with a non-Russian-centric security agenda
5:The United Kingdom, Mark Webber
6:Germany, Sophia Besch
7:Italy, Alessandro Marrone
8:Spain, Félix Arteaga
9:Denmark and The Netherlands, Sten Rynning and Peter van Ham
10:Canada and Norway, Stéfanie von Hlatky and Mats Berdal
Part III. NATO-aligned states with a Russia-centric security agenda
11:Poland, Justyna Gotkowska
12:Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Kristi Raik and Margarita Šešelgytė
13:Romania, Dumitru Minzarari
Appendix
Index