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Twenty-six key officials and experts analyze the NATO decision to expand into Central-Eastern Europe. Contributors include the NATO Secretary General Solana, President Clinton, former Soviet leader Gorbachev, former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Joulwan, several active and former foreign ministers and deputy foreign ministers, other high officials, and prominent academics from the United States and Europe. Particular attention is paid to the rationale, pros and cons, and the impact on Russia, Ukraine, the European neutrals, the new NATO members, and the remaining hopefuls.
The volume begins by presenting the offical NATO explanation of the 1997 decision to expand into Central-Eastern Europe and examines the problems the decisions might well create. Next are essays providing a critique of the decision, mainly from the standpoint of the West's future relations with Russia. Polish, Czech, and Hungarian officals then describe their countries' positions and expectations as new NATO members, after which the credentials of six candidates for the next round of NATO enlargement are analyzed. After discussing the impact of NATO enlargement on the European neutrals and the Nordic states, the volume concludes with a presentation of major arguments for and against the enlargement and the known or presumed motivations of the main actors related to NATO enlargement.
List of contents
The Rationale, Intentions, and General Framework of the EnlargementNATO Beyond Enlargement by Javier Solana
Security Cooperation and the New NATO by Norman W. Ray
NATO and the New SHAPE by George A. Joulwan
NATO's Enlargement: Anatomy of a Decision by Jonathan Eyal
The Problems of Enlargement by Theo Sommer
The Need for a Post-Enlargement Strategy by Jeffrey Simon
EU Enlargement and European Security by Fraser Cameron
A Research Note on Eligibility for NATO Membership by Anton A. Bebler
NATO, Russian Federation and UkraineThe Expansion of NATO in the Context of Global Politics by Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Dubious Security by Alvin Z. Rubinstein
On the NATO-Russia Founding Act by Nikolai N. Afanasievskii
NATO Enlargement and Ukraine by Oleksandr Pavliuk
The Invited Newcomers and Regional StabilityTo the Senate of the United States by William J. Clinton
Poland as a NATO Member by Bronislaw Geremek
Polish Public Attitudes toward Joining NATO by Krzystof Ostrowski
The Czech Republic and Western Integration by Otto Pick
Hungary's Security and the Enlargement by IstVÁn Gyarmati
NATO's Metamorphosis and Its New Members by Daniel N. Nelson and Thomas S. Szayna
The Three Central European Militaries and the Enlargement by Dale R. Herspring
EU and NATO Enlargement and Stability in Central-Eastern Europe by Monika Wohlfeld
The Deferred and Other Central-Eastern European CandidatesSlovenia and the "Gray Zone" in Europe by Anton A. Bebler
Romania Endeavors to Join NATO by Adrian Severin
Slovakia and NATO by Eduard Kukan
The Enlargement and the Baltic States by Bo Huldt
The European Neutrals and Nordic StatesThe Austrian Debate on NATO Membership by Hanspeter Neuhold
Neutrality and NATO Enlargement by Curt Gasteyger
NATO Enlargement: A Nordic Perspective by Niels-Joergen Nehring
Postcript by Anton A. Bebler
Appendices
Selected Bibliography
About the author
Anton A. Bebler
