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NATO is facing a unique crisis questioning its existence and future. This book provides a detailed in-depth economic and critical analysis of the issues. It considers whether NATO has a future and what it might look like 70 years ahead. NATO is undergoing a process of dramatic change, reorganising its functions, funding and strategic responsibilities to address growing regional and global threats. This book not only explores the contentiousness of economic and financial burden-sharing and the associated political and diplomatic stresses involved in the pursuit of common strategic objectives, but contributes to a further debate concerning the expanded scope and roles of the Alliance in the 21st century. This book combines NATO's political controversies, complexities and conflicts with a treatment of the underlying theoretical economic frameworks.
This book is essential reading for students in military staff colleges, university International Relations and Strategic Affairs Departments, but also to those working in government defence establishments, independent think tanks and political and economic institutions, generally.
List of contents
1. NATO at 70: Achievements.- 2. The need for NATO?.- 3. Burden Sharing.- 4. NATO: An Economics, Politics and Public choice analysis.- 5. NATO and Europe: Improving Efficiency.- 6. Future Challenges.
About the author
Keith Hartley is Emeritus Professor in Economics at the University of York, UK. He was the Founding Editor of Defence and Peace Economics, and Special Advisor to the Editor. He has presented written and oral evidence to the House of Commons Defence Committee for its Enquiries into the UK Defence Industrial Strategy and Defence Commitments and Resources. He was previously Special Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee. He has been Consultant to the UN, EC, EDA, UK Ministry of Defence, DTI, HM Treasury, the Korean Defence Agency and the Korean Development Institute.
