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Since the Libya War in 2011 it has been widely suggested that NATO''s role in US security policy has diminished, because Washington gives Europe less and Asia more strategic priority (a tendency that is reinforced by budget restraints), and because the US is no longer interested in always leading NATO activities that mainly concern European conditions.Several experts have suggested that the US expect that the European security challenges primarily should be handled by NATO''s European allies in a new transatlantic burden sharing model, and that the US role should principally be Article V-focused. This book investigates to what extent these claims are valid, and what consequences they may have for European and international security.>
List of contents
Contents
Foreword
1. Where is the US going with NATO? 1.1 NATO's changed role in US security policy
1.2 Analyzing the US NATO debate
1.3 The actors in the US NATO debate
1.4 Limitations and the structure of the book
2. 2011: The Libya War 2.1 The political debate in Congress
2.2 The political debate in the Administration
2.3 The policy debate in the think tank and elite media environment
2.4 Summary and reflections
3. 2012-2013: The Chicago Summit and the Syria Conflict 3.1 The political debate in Congress
3.2 The political debate in the Administration
3.3 The policy debate in the think tank and elite media environment
3.4 Summary and reflections
4. 2014: The Ukraine Crisis and the Wales Summit 4.1 The political debate in Congress
4.2 The political debate in the Administration
4.3 The policy debate in the think tank and elite media environment
4.4 Summary and reflections
5. Conclusions 5.1 The results of the analysis
5.2 The wider implications of the results
Name Index of Actors List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index
About the author
Magnus Petersson (PhD) is Professor of Modern History at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, as well as an Associate Professor at Oslo University and Stockholm University. He has been a Lecturer, Researcher, Director of Studies, and Head of Research and Development at the Swedish National Defence College (1998–2008), and Visiting Scholar at Boston University, Department of International Relations as well as Fulbright Hildeman Fellow in Scandinavian Studies at IERES, George Washington University.
