NATO
From Regional to Global Security Provider
EDITED BY YONAH ALEXANDER AND RICHARD PROSEN
FOREWORD BY GENERAL WESLEY K. CLARK (RET)
CONTRIBUTIONS BY JAMES HENRY BERGERON; DERRICK BUSSE; GEORGIANA CAVENDISH; NATIVIDAD CARPINTERO-SANTAMARÍA; PAUL DODGE; R. DAVID EDELMAN; RAFFI GREGORIAN; ENRICO MUELLER; PATRICK MURPHY; LESLIE ORDEMAN; RAPHAEL PERL; STEFANO SANTAMATO; CARRIE SHIRTZ; GEORGE SINKS; BRUCE WEINROD; RICHARD WEITZ AND MICHAEL ZIEMKE
The purpose of NATO: From Regional to Global Security Provider is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Alliance’s new vision (the new Strategic Concept) and common security impact – associated tasks to be undertaken within a short and longer term time horizon. The book serves as a relevant and timely study of the most pressing issues facing NATO today – including recent lessons gained. It provides recommendations for consideration and further discussion (i.e., the “what” and the “how” regarding future policy options for the North Atlantic Alliance). The intended audience includes international security policy-makers, government officials, elected leaders, academics, interested professionals, civil society and members of the public.
Specifically, the book focuses on six topic areas. Part I, the Introduction, relates to conceptual and organizational changes, membership expansion and enlargement. Part II consists of emerging security challenges, including terrorism, piracy, homeland threats, cyber defense and information warfare, energy security, non-proliferation and countering WMD. Part III incorporates national and regional challenges such as the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan, the Horn of Africa, North Africa and the Middle East…