The NATO Enlargement Debate, 1990-1997 - The Blessings of Liberty

Countless editorials have addressed the if, how, why, when, and who dimensions of NATO enlargement. These issues will continue to generate debate despite the Madrid summit decisions and will invariably influence legislators in discharging their historic responsibility to provide advice and consent to ratification of the protocols of accession before April 1999. Congressman Solomon's volume will help place these issues in perspective, answer the skeptics of enlargement, and provide the missing historical context for the profound geopolitical challenge of European security on the cusp of the 21st century.

He begins by reviewing NATO's initial response, from 1989 to 1990, to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. The early moves from outreach toward enlargement are then explored, and then he examines how NATO sought to combine the two strands of prospective enlargement while engaging nations not seeking NATO membership, especially Russia, to prepare for coalition operations and the spread of democratic security values. Next he analyzes how the Partnership for Peace concept eventually progressed toward the decisions to invite the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance by 1999. Important reading for scholars, policymakers, and citizens concerned with current strategic and international relations issues.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Falling Satellites
The Hand of Friendship
The "Coup" against Gorbachev
The North Atlantic Cooperation Council
An Arms-Length Friendship?
Peacekeeping
Beyond Cooperation
Associate Allies?
Encounter in Warsaw and the Secret Letter
A Concrete Perspective
Partnership for Peace
A Fresh Breeze from Evere
The Allies
Travem:unde
The Brussels Summit
Presentation
Aftermath
A Special Partnership
Main Parameters
Consultations "as Appropriate"
How and Why
Reassurance
Puzzling Evidence
A Process of Examination
From Noordwijk to Brussels
Cold Peace?
The Enlargement Study
Intensified Dialogue
Warning Signs
The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act
Endgame Afoot
One or More
Enhanced Partnership
The NATO-Russia Act
Ukraine
Affordable Stability?
Closing Arguments
From Paris to Madrid: The Defining Moment
Conclusion and Recommendations
Appendixes
A: Madrid Declaration on Euro-Atlantic Security and Cooperation, July 8, 1997
B: Chronology of Principal Events
C: Fundamental Principles of NATO Enlargement
D: Signatories to the Partnership for Peace
E: Benefits of NATO Enlargement
F: Focus of Pre-Accession Military Work
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

REPRESENTATIVE GERALD B. SOLOMON (R-NY) is chairman of the Rules Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and vice president of the North Atlantic Assembly, the NATO parliamentarians' organization in Brussels./e In September 1997 the Speaker of the House appointed Congressman Solomon as chairman of the House NATO Observers' Group. During the Reagan administration, he served as ambassador designate to the United Nations and congressional adviser to the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald B. H. Solomon, Solomon Gerald B.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.1998
• EAN: 9780275962906
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96290-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 312 g
• Series: The Washington Papers
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; NATO, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, International institutions, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)