What Went Wrong with NATO?

Author: Kay Sean  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 0955-7571

Source: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol.18, Iss.1, 2005-04, pp. : 69-83

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Abstract

This article provides a perspective on strategic trends in the NATO alliance and the broader transatlantic relationship. It evaluates the extent of NATO's successes and failures over the last 15 years in the areas of the Balkans, NATO enlargement, and the international campaign against terrorism. The central conclusion is that, while NATO's members have significant technical reforms available that could help to reinvigorate the institution, none is likely to come to fruition without a major change in strategic concepts on both sides of the Atlantic.