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NATO’s Post-Cold War Politics

The Changing Provision of Security

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  • © 2014

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Part of the book series: New Security Challenges (NSECH)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Introduction: NATO as an Organization and Bureaucracy

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

  3. Changing Security Challenges and NATO’s New Identity

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

  5. NATO’s Relations with Third-Party Actors

  6. External Power Structures and Global Security

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About this book

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.

Reviews

"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

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Bremen, Germany

    Sebastian Mayer

About the editor

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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