The Future of NATO

by Levesque, Jacques; David, Charles-Philippe; Universite Du Quebec a Montreal Centre D'Etudes Des Politiques etrange

• ISBN13: 9780773518506
• ISBN10: 0773518509
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

The Future of NATO looks at the conceptual and theoretical approaches that underlie the question of enlarging NATO's membership and the consequences of enlargement on international relations. It examines the policies of some of NATO's leading member states - including Canada, which has recently begun a two-year term on the security council - and deals with the issue of enlargement from the point of view of the East European candidates, focusing on Russia and its opposition to the current process. Contributors include Andras Balogh (Loran Eotvos University), Martin Bourgeois, Charles-Philippe David (UQAM), Andre P. Donneur (UQAM), David G. Haglund (Queen's), Philippe Hebert (Montreal), Stanislav J. Kirschbaum (Glendon College), Richard L. Kugler (RAND, National Defence University), David Law (Queen's), Paul Letourneau (Montreal), Jacques Levesque (UQAM), Gale Mattox (U.S. Naval Academy), Marie-Claude Plantin (Lumiere Lyon 2), Sergei Plekhanov (York), Jane M.O. Sharp (Kings College, London).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Contributors	ix
Introduction	3	(6)
Jacques Levesque
PART ONE CONCEPTUAL DEBATES OVER ENLARGEMENT
Fountain of Youth or Cure Worse Than Disease? NATO Enlargement: A Conceptual Deadlock	9	(18)
Charles-Philippe David
The Case for Opening up NATO to the East	27	(8)
Jane M.O. Sharp
Why Spain Should Have Been NATO's Last Member	35	(16)
David Law
Will Enlargement Succeed?	51	(28)
Richard L. Kugler
PART TWO NATIONAL DEBATES OVER ENLARGEMENT
NATO Enlargement and the United States: A Deliberate and Necessary Decision?	79	(16)
Gale A. Mattox
NATO Enlargement as an Obstacle to France's European Designs	95	(13)
Marie-Claude Plantin
NATO Enlargement: Germany's Euro-Atlantic Design	108	(11)
Paul Letourneau
Philippe Hebert
Canada and the Enlargement of NATO	119	(19)
Andre P. Donneur
Martin Bourgeois
The NATO of Its Dreams? Canada and the Cooperative-Security Alliance	138	(19)
David G. Haglund
PART THREE IMPACT OF ENLARGEMENT ON RUSSIA AND CENTRAL AND EASTREN EUROPE
NATO's Eastward Enlargement: An Instructive Historical Precedent	157	(11)
Jacques Levesque
NATO Enlargement as an Issue in Russian Politics	168	(18)
Sergei Plekhanov
The Atlantic Dimensions of Central European Security	186	(11)
Andras Balogh
Phase II Candidates: A Political or Strategic Solution?	197	(26)
Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
Conclusion: Will NATO Live to Celebrate Its 100th Birthday?	216	(7)
Charles-Philippe David
Notes	223