NATO Renewed: The Power and Purpose of Transatlantic Cooperation

ISBN-13: 9781403970657 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 232 str.

Sten Rynning

Opis

Recent controversies in NATO have caused observers to question the Alliance's raison d'etre. They generally contend that NATO's crisis has gone from bad to worse and that the Alliance is ill-adapted to the era of international terrorism, but this assessment is inaccurate. NATO leaders have, in fact, become better at shaping NATO to the strategic environment following a severe crisis in the mid-1990s. At that time, the allies were trying to turn NATO into something it could not be; at present, the allies are on target in their efforts to adapt NATO. NATO Renewed is the story of why NATO's problems are manageable and why the Atlantic Alliance likely will continue to have both power and purpose.

Recenzje

"Rynning's study of the Western Alliance is careful, current and compelling.

Wars in Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the experiences of

NATO and its members in either participating or staying out, have had

profound effects on the alliance. Contradicting others' analyses, Rynning

argues that the lessons learned from the wars of our time have strengthened

rather than weakened NATO. Over the last decade and a half the Western

Alliance has been radically transformed in size, in fighting doctrine, in

capability and in political dynamics, all of which point to resilience in

the decades ahead."

- Donald J. Puchala, University of South Carolina

'At a time when the 'NATO is dead' school seems once again in the ascendant, Sten Rynning reassesses both the underlying purpose and the power dynamics of 'the world's most successful alliance.' Arguing from a rigorous realist perspective, Rynning rejects the generalized pessimism of his theoretical mentors and presents a robust analysis of the objective and subjective reasons for continuing to believe that the Alliance has a strong future ahead of it. This is compulsory reading for all those concerned with the present state and future prospects of the 'Atlantic community.''

- Jolyon Howorth, Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics, University of Bath and Visiting Professor of Political Science, Yale University

'The strength of the book, in my view, is to offer both a solidly documented account and a stimulating interpretative framework of the Atlantic Alliance's post-Cold War transformation. Moreover, in spite of recent crises, Sten Rynning makes a strong case for the continued relevance of NATO, provided member states acknowledge what should become its primary raison d'être in the future, i.e. to serve as a trans-Atlantic framework for building and operating coalitions.'

- Frédéric Bozo, Professor, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III) and Senior Associate, Ifri, Paris

Spis treści

Alliances and Change The Ambiguous Alliance, 1989-1997 The Demise of Collective Security, 1997-2001 Toward a Coalition Framework, 2001-2005 Conclusion

O autorze

STEN RYNNING is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark. He is a former Fulbright and NATO Research Fellow. He is the author of Changing Military Doctrine: Presidents and Military Power in Fifth Republic France, 1958-2000 (2002), editor of the Journal of Transatlantic Studies' special issue on NATO (Spring 2005) and co-editor of Missile Defense: US Security Policy and Regional Dynamics (2005).