NATO’s Post-Cold War Politics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: NATO as an Organization and Bureaucracy

   1. Introduction: NATO as an Organization and Bureaucracy

      • Sebastian Mayer

      Pages 1-27

3. The Origins of NATO and Its Bureaucratic Development during the Cold War

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. From London to Brussels: Emergence and Development of a Politico-Administrative System

      • Gustav Schmidt

      Pages 31-49

   3. Institutionalizing NATO’s Military Bureaucracy: The Making of an Integrated Chain of Command

      • Dieter Krüger

      Pages 50-68

4. Changing Security Challenges and NATO’s New Identity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Post-Bipolar Challenges: New Visions and New Activities

      • Trine Flockhart

      Pages 71-88

   3. Self-Presentation and Impression Management: NATO’s New Public Diplomacy

      • Odette Tomescu-Hatto

      Pages 89-103

5. NATO’s Post-Cold War Bureaucracy, Consensus-Building, and Decision-Making

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. NATO Decision-Making: The ‘Consensus Rule’ Endures Despite Challenges

      • Leo G. Michel

      Pages 107-123

   3. The Changing Role of NATO’s Secretary General

      • Ryan C. Hendrickson

      Pages 124-139

   4. Coping with Complexity: Informal Political Forums at NATO’s Headquarters

      • Sebastian Mayer, Olaf Theiler

      Pages 140-158

   5. Enduring Rules, Changing Practices: NATO’s Post-Cold War Military Committee and International Military Staff

      • Jo G. Gade, Paal Sigurd Hilde

      Pages 159-175

   6. Perfectly Flawed? The Evolution of NATO’s Force Generation Process

      • John R. Deni

      Pages 176-193

   7. The Impact of NATO’s Defence Planning and Force Generation on Member States

      • Christian Tuschhoff

      Pages 194-211

6. NATO’s Relations with Third-Party Actors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. NATO’s Troubled Relations with Partner Organizations: A Resource-Dependence Explanation

      • Rafael Biermann

      Pages 215-233

   3. In the Line of Fire: NATO-NGO Relations from Bosnia to Afghanistan

      • M. J. Williams

      Pages 234-250

   4. Partners versus Members? NATO as an Arena for Coalitions

      • Janne Haaland Matláry

      Pages 251-266

7. External Power Structures and Global Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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This collection is the first book-length study of NATO's bureaucracy and decision-making after the Cold War and its analytical framework of 'internationalization' draws largely on neo-institutionalist insights.

• Cold War
• decision-making
• Institution
• internationalization
• NATO
• transformation

"In this well-crafted volume, Sebastian Mayer has assembled a distinguished group of experts to explore in unprecedented detail how NATO's bureaucracy and decision-making have changed since the cold war and with what implications for transatlantic security."- John S. Duffield, Professor, Georgia State University, USA

"This extraordinary volume brings together many of the top NATO experts from both sides of the Atlantic. It covers the full range of issues, from the history of NATO to its post-Cold War evolution, the role of the Secretary General, relations with NGOs and more. Anyone who wants to understand NATO's transformation must read this book." - James Goldgeier, Professor, American University, USA

"This volume offers an innovative analytical perspective on NATO. Taking the Alliance seriously as a complex institution and administration of security governance, the chapters describe important aspects of NATO's post-Cold War institutional transformation and explore their driving forces and limits of institutional development. Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how NATO works and in looking beyond the superficial debate on 'NATO's decline'." - Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

"This excellent book brings together valuable and path-breaking analyses of the neglected topic of decision-making in NATO, including the Alliance's relations with partner nations and organizations."- David Yost, Professor, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, USA

• University of Bremen, Germany

  Sebastian Mayer

Rafael Biermann, University of Jena, Germany John R. Deni, Strategic Studies Institute, USA Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, University of Cambridge, UK Trine Flockhart, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark Jo G. Gade, Norwegian Defence University College, Norway Janne Haaland Matláry, Norwegian Defence University College, Norway Ryan C. Hendrickson, Eastern Illinois University, USA Paal Sigurd Hilde, Norwegian Defence University College, Norway Sean Kay, Ohio Wesleyan University, USA Dieter Krüger, University of Potsdam, Germany Leo G. Michel, National Defense University, USA Magnus Petersson, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway Gustav Schmidt, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Olaf Theiler, German Ministry of Defence, Germany Odette Tomescu-Hatto, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), France Christian Tuschhoff, Free University Berlin, Germany M. J. Williams, University of London, UK

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