Explaining NATO Enlargement

ISBN-13: 9780714651279 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 228 str.

Robert W. Rauchhaus

Opis

Advocates of NATO's enlargement believe the policy will have far-reaching positive consequences, such as helping to consolidate democratic and market reforms in eastern and central Europe. In contrast, critics of the policy believe that NATO expansion will have far-reaching negative consequences. For example, they worry that enlargement will undermine Russia's willingness to co-operate with the West, and believe that new members will drag NATO into a region that is historically a tinderbox. NATO's decision to offer membership to three of its former Cold War adversaries - Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic - raises a number of important questions. What are the likely consequences of enlargement? Why did NATO decide to expand eastward? Which countries should be admitted in the future?

Spis treści

Marching NATO eastward - can international relations theory keep pace?, Robert W. Rauchhaus; NATO expansion - a realist's view, Kenneth N. Waltz; analyzing NATO expansion - an institutional bargaining approach, Vinod K. Aggarwal; organization theory - remedy for Europe's organizational cacophony?, Ernst B. Haas; a modest proposal for NATO enlargement, Steven Weber; NATO enlargement - a step in the process of alliance reform, Gail A. Mattox; the origins and future of NATO enlargement, Charles A. Kupchan; boarding the NATO train - enlargement and national interests, Ronald J. Bee; explaining NATO enlargement, Robert W. Rauchhaus; appendices.

O autorze

Robert W. Ruchhaus