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NATO's New Mission - Projecting Stability in a Post-Cold War World (Hardcover)
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NATO's New Mission - Projecting Stability in a Post-Cold War World (Hardcover)
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Reports of NATO's death have been greatly exaggerated.
Characterizations of NATO as a "relic" of the past do not square
with the fact that the Alliance is busier today than at any time in
its history. As Europe has become more unified and more democratic,
NATO has assumed new layers of significance in the global security
environment. In a post-September 11 world, the old 1990s debate
about what is "in area" and what is "out of area" is a luxury that
the Alliance can no longer afford. Decisions made at the 2004
Istanbul summit aimed at enhancing NATO's partnerships with the
states of Central Asia and extending the partnership concept to the
Greater Middle East reflect the Alliance's new, more global
presence as do new military missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and
Sudan. Moore argues that a careful analysis of NATO's new, more
global focus suggests that it's not the nature of NATO's mission
that has changed, but rather its scope. NATO is approaching its new
"out of area" missions with the political tools developed after the
Soviet threat faded in the early 1990s when the Allies agreed that,
rather than merely defend an old order, they would now create a new
one grounded in liberal democratic values, including individual
liberty and the rule of law. Indeed, the mission of projecting
stability eastward was understood to be inextricable from the
promotion of these values. This new mission required that NATO
devote greater attention to its political dimension. In fact, as
the United States turned to promoting democracy around the world in
the wake of September 11, it ultimately sought to enlist NATO in
its mission of extending democracy beyond Europe to Central Asia
and the Middle East. AsMoore demonstrates in her attempt to provide
a full and comprehensive understanding of the new NATO, while
divisions within the Alliance persist as to just how global NATO
should be, the post-September 11 security environment ensures that
NATO's survival depends upon its willingness to project security
beyond Europe. That mission will be as much political as it is
military.
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