Understanding NATO in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : alliance strategies, security and global governance / / edited by Graeme P. Herd and John Kriendler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462682303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, c2013
• ISBN: 0-203-07600-1; 1-299-16064-6; 1-135-12324-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary Security Studies; Contemporary security studies
• Altri autori (Persone): HerdGraeme P; KriendlerJohn
• Disciplina: 355.031091821; 355/.031091821
• Soggetti: Security, International; World politics - 21st century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Understanding NATO in the 21st Century: Alliance strategies, security and global governance; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 NATO in an age of uncertainty:Structural shifts and transatlanticbargains?; 2 NATO's Genesis and adaptation:From Washington to Chicago; 3 U.S. perspectives on NATO; 4 NATO enlargement:Close to the end?; 5 NATO partnerships:For peace, combat, and softbalancing?; 6 NATO-Russia relations:Reset is not a four-letterword; 7 NATO and the ComprehensiveApproach:Weak conceptualization, politicaldivergences, and implementationchallenges; 8 Pulling together?:NATO operations in Afghanistan9 NATO and nuclear weapons; 10 NATO and cyber security; 11 NATO:Towards an adaptive missile defense; 12 NATO and energy security:Defining a role; 13 "Good enough is better thangood":Towards a third "TransatlanticBargain"?; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Understanding NATO in the 21st Century enhances existing strategic ; debates and clarifies thinking as to the direction and scope of NATO's potential evolution in the 21st century.The book seeks to identify the possible contours and trade-offs embedded within a potential third ""Transatlantic Bargain"" in the context of a U.S. strategic pivot in a ""Pacific Century"". To that end, it explores the internal adaptation of the Alliance, evaluates the assimilation of NATO's erstwhile adversaries, and provides a focus on NATO's operational future and insights into the new