Nato and the Transatlantic Alliance in the Twenty-First Century

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction and Prologue: The End of Total War?

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   Pages 1-14

3. The Art of Defence Planning

   • Geoffrey Lee Williams, Barkley Jared Jones

   Pages 15-27

4. The European Defence and Security Debate: the Last Fifty Years

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   Pages 28-48

5. The Origins and Development of Atlanticism

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   Pages 49-60

6. Neo-Atlanticism: Renewing the Relationship

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   Pages 61-68

7. The Decline of the Western European Union

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   Pages 69-79

8. NATO’s Expansion: the End or the Beginning of Collective Defence?

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   Pages 80-86

9. Collective Security or Collective Defence?

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   Pages 87-96

10. NATO: the Driving Forces and Predetermined Elements

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    Pages 97-107

11. NATO: post-Gaullist Realism and the Reality of Alliance

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    Pages 108-117

12. French Defence Firms in Transition

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    Pages 118-128

13. Britain’s Defence Diversification Dilemma

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    Pages 129-141

14. Germany’s Unique Opportunity: Converting a Two-headed Monster

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    Pages 142-151

15. The US President and Defence Priorities

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    Pages 152-159

16. Leadership for Defence Transition?

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    Pages 160-163

17. Peace Advocates and Trade Unions: Defence Restructuring’s Unlikely Alliance

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    Pages 164-176

18. Defending Conversion in Congress during the Clinton-Gore Administration

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    Pages 177-186

19. The Future of International Terrorism: the Scourge of the 21st Century

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    Pages 187-198

20. Conclusions: Towards a Multipolar and Multi-Nuclear World

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    Pages 199-213

This book examines the nature of international politics in the twentieth century. It encapsulates those essential and enduring features likely to be present in the twenty-first century. One important feature is the friction generated by nation states attempting to coexist in a still largely unequal and hierarchical system of states. The possible impact of three powerful, simultaneous and intersecting revolutions on international relations and the future of NATO is assessed in relation to the twenty-first century.

• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• Germany
• international relations
• NATO
• politics
• realism
• revolution
• terrorism

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• The Institute of Economic and Political Studies, Cambridge, UK

  Geoffrey Lee Williams

• Darwin College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  Barkley Jared Jones

GEOFFREY LEE WILLIAMS is Director of the Institute of Economic and Political Studies, an independent body based in Cambridge. He is a former NATO Defence Fellow, consultant to the MOD and Senior Research Fellow of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom. He also contributes to the work of the Centre of International Studies and the Board of Continuing Education at Cambridge University.

BARKLEY JARED JONES is Senior Research Fellow of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom and has been resident at Darwin College, Cambridge University for six years. He was the national recipient of the Ronald Reagan Leadership award and has published many articles as an academic and journalist.

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