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This volume presents often sharply contrasting views on the future of NATO. Its contributors, mainly security specialists, cover structural reform of NATO and its relationship with the European Union; evidence or arguments in support of the Alliance taking on new tasks like peacekeeping and enlarging eastward to include countries of the former Soviet bloc; and a variety of arguments against enlargement, ranging from concerns about Russia's reaction to questions about whether the US should remain involved in Europe.

The election of 2005 changed Germany's political 'landscape'. The combined share of the vote gained by the two major parties fell below 70 per cent, eliminating the option of a coalition between one of the two major parties (Christian Democrats and Social Democrats) with one of the smaller parties - the traditional pattern of government that had dominated German post-war politics since the late 1950s. The election resulted in the first national 'Grand Coalition' of the two major parties since 1969.

While some have seen this government, elected in November 2005 and headed by the...

More durable than any other contemporary democratic head of government and all previous German chancellors since Bismarck, Helmut Kohl has earned a place in history by helping to end his own nations's division and shape a new Europe. In this volume, his leadership and legacy are assessed, and the contributors analyze the chancellor's goals and governing style, including his part in promoting European integration, as well as Kohl's domestic political role - vis a vis his own party, its main opponents and the public - among fellow European leaders.

More durable than any other contemporary democratic head of government and all previous German chancellors since Bismarck, Helmut Kohl has earned a place in history by helping to end his own nations's division and shape a new Europe. In this volume, his leadership and legacy are assessed, and the contributors analyze the chancellor's goals and governing style, including his part in promoting European integration, as well as Kohl's domestic political role - vis a vis his own party, its main opponents and the public - among fellow European leaders.