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The Limits of Alliance surveys the security policies of the states in North and Central Europe in the context of a declining North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the emerging European Security and Defense Policy. It analyzes U.S. policy toward the region and examines the continued viability of alignments inherited from the Cold War era. It concludes that although NATO will continue to exist in the coming decade, the hollowing-out of the alliance will be accompanied by a shift in transatlantic security relations toward bilateralism determined by regional security considerations.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Geostrategic Reconfiguration of North and Central Europe Chapter 3 The Linchpin: Germany and Poland Chapter 4 The Northern Boundary: Scandinavia Chapter 5 The Northeastern Littoral: Russia and the Baltic States Chapter 6 American Policy toward North and Central Europe Before and after 9/11 Chapter 7 Conclusion
About the author
Andrew A. Michta is the Mertie W. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Tennessee, currently teaching as professor of national security studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany.
Summary
Surveys the security policies of the states in North and Central Europe, in the context of the declining North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). This book analyzes US policy toward the region, and also examines the viability of alignments inherited from the Cold War era.
