Examines how NATO has adapted and endured after the end of the Cold War , transforming itself to deal with a host of new security challenges. Why is it that despite the end of the Cold War and the almost constant controversies surrounding the, “NATO’s Durability in a Post–Cold War World traces a wide array of issues in the alliance’s recent history, exploring how both liberal and realist narratives have been used to explain policies from intervening in the former Yugoslavia to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Joe Burton raises fascinating questions about how NATO has—and continues to—justify its existence.”, NATO’s Durability in a Post-Cold War World Joe Burton Examines how NATO has adapted and endured after the end of the Cold War, transforming itself to deal with a host of new security challenges.
Conclusion: NATO’s Durability in a Post–Cold War World pp. 169-178; Download contents. Appendix: A Brief Note on Methodology and Theory pp. 179-180; Download contents. Notes pp. 181-214; Download contents. Bibliography pp. 215-244; Download contents. Index pp..
Genre/Form: Electronic books History: Additional Physical Format: Print version: Burton, Joe, 1977-NATO’s durability in a post-Cold War world . Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2018, NATO’s Purpose After the Cold War – Brookings, NATO’s Purpose After the Cold War – Brookings, Neorealist theories help explain alliance formation and longevity but have trouble explaining why the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continues to exist after the cold war . Organizational theories further our understanding by noting that organizations have strong survival instincts, yet NATO survives only as long as its members wish …
NATO, it was argued, was the primary factor of stability in the post–Cold War world. The alliance appeared to be here to stay for a significant period of time. Yet NATO was also faced with a great number of new challenges.
A closer look at major NATO engagements in the post-Cold War era, including in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, reveals how the US helped comprehensively reshape the alliance. In every conflict, there was tension between the United States and its allies over mission leadership, political support, legal precedents, military …
post-cold war world. This means that NATO’s purpose would be limited to continuing to provide political and military entrée for the United States to Europe; hedging against what, NATO in a New World . NATO faced its first post-Cold War challenge immediately after the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989. As East Germany collapsed into disorganization, it became increasingly clear that the only way to stabilize the state was for West …
