5. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Is NATO a Force Fit for a New Century?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. DOCUMENTS
5. The North Atlantic Treaty, Washington, DC, April 4, 1949 3
6. Speech Delivered by Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Fulton, Missouri, March 5, 1946 7
7. The Pentagon Paper, Washington, DC, April 1, 1948 18
8. Speech Delivered by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Belgium Paul-Henri Spaak, Paris, September 28, 1948 22
9. Nationwide Radio Address Delivered by Secretary of State Acheson, March 18, 1949 31
10. Speeches Delivered at the Treaty Signing Ceremony, Washington, DC, April 4, 1949 40
11. Statement by President Truman on the Coming into Effect of the North Atlantic Treaty, Washington, DC, August 24, 1949 57
12. North Atlantic Military Committee Decision on M.C. 48 (Final), November 22, 1954 58
13. C.M. (55) 15 (Final), “Security Within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,” March 8, 1955 74
14. Report of the Committee of Three on Non-Military Cooperation in NATO, New York, December 1956 81
15. Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the Level of Foreign Ministers Final Communiqué, Turnberry, Scotland, June 7, 1990 108
16. Declaration on a Transformed North Atlantic Alliance Issued by the Heads of State and Government Participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council, London, July 6, 1990 116
17. The Alliance’s New Strategic Concept, London, November 8, 1991 122
18. The Alliance’s Strategic Concept, Washington, DC, April 24, 1999 140
19. Strategic Concept for the Defence and Security of the Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Lisbon, November 19, 2010 162
20. Part I: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ALLIANCE
21. 1. NATO’s Radical Response to the Nuclear Revolution 177
22. 2. NATO and Nuclear Proliferation, 1949–1968 193
23. 3. The Contest over NATO’s Future: The US, France, and the Concept of Pan-Europeanism after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989–1990 212
24. Part II: CURRENT CHALLENGES
25. 4. Toward an Open and Accountable NATO 231
26. 5. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Is NATO a Force Fit for a New Century? 253
27. 6. Organizational Survival: NATO’s Pragmatic Functionalism 265
28. 7. NATO’s Charter: Adaptable but Limited 288
29. 8. NATO, Regionalism, and the Responsibility to Protect 302
30. 9. Conclusion: Another Cold War? NATO and the New Russia 328
31. Contributors 343
32. Index 347