This book examines NATO's transition from a Cold War mutual defence
organization into a global alliance, and puts the recent crisis
over the Afghanistan mission in the context of long-standing
debates over out-of-area interventions.
Originally, NATO bound the western allies together for the
purposes of mutual defence as defined by Article 5 of the North
Atlantic Treaty, which declared that an attack on the territory of
one ally was to be considered an attack on them all. However,
Article 4 of the Treaty invites the allies to consult with each
other on a less formal basis whenever their 'territorial integrity,
political independence, or security' was threatened, without the
automatic commitment to a shared response. During the Cold War, the
allies consulted both formally and informally on issues beyond
mutual defence in debates that were, more often than not, extremely
contentious. After the Cold War, these out-of-area missions became
the primary focus of NATO's military missions. The allies had to
debate the scope of co-operation for every mission they considered
undertaking collectively. This book argues that NATO's identity has
changed from a Cold War mutual defence organization to a global
alliance in the course of debates over how to respond to the
changing circumstances of its security environment.
This book will be of much interest to students of security
studies, international organisations, contemporary history and IR
in general.
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