NATO beyond 9/11 The Transformation of the Atlantic Alliance

by Hallams, Ellen; Ratti, Luca; Zyla, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780230391215
• ISBN10: 0230391214
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-11-26
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This volume brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to examine the significance of 9/11 for the transformation of the Atlantic Alliance over the last decade. Blending international relations, political science, IR theory and history, it asks whether 9/11 represents a major transformative event for an alliance that was still grappling with the implications of the end of the Cold War. Examining key topics such as the alliance's wars in Afghanistan, its military operation in Libya, global partnerships, new security challenges, burden-sharing and relations with the US, Russia and other key actors, it offers a unique insight into the alliance's evolution since 2001.

This comprehensive collection will appeal to scholars in political science, international and transatlantic relations, security studies and US and European foreign policy. Its contributors include Tim Bird, Sven Biscop, Magnus Christiansson, Alan Dobson, Trine Flockhart, Bastian Giegerich, Carl Cavanagh Hodge, Steve Marsh, Jeffrey H. Michaels, Magnus Petersson, Michael Rühle, Terry Terriff and Mark Webber.

Author Biography

Luca Ratti is Associate Professor in the History of International Relations in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Rome 3 and also teaches International Relations at The American University of Rome, Italy. He has published widely on NATO's post-Cold War evolution and transformation, international relations theory, European security, Italian foreign and security policy, and British policy towards Germany during East-West detente.
 
Ellen Hallams is Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College, London, UK. She has also been a Research Associate at the Norwegian Defense Institute in Oslo. She has published widely on the transatlantic relationship and US-NATO relations. Her most recent publication is a US Army War College monograph entitled A Transatlantic Bargain for the 21st Century: The US, Europe and the Transatlantic Alliance.
 
Benjamin Zyla is Assistant Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has held fellowships at the Europe Center at Stanford University, USA, the Centre for International Relations at Queen's University, Canada, and in 2012 was a Visiting Professor at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. He has published widely on transatlantic relations, global governance, and EU foreign & security policy. His forthcoming monograph Sharing the Burden? NATO and its Second-tier Powers examines the burden sharing practices of NATO's middle powers.

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART I: A NEW PARADIGM FOR NATO?
1. NATO after 9/11: Theoretical Perspectives; Mark Webber
2. Reflections on 9/11: A View from NATO; Micheal Ruhle
3. A Sense of Return: A Sense of Return: NATO's Libyan Intervention in Perspective; Carl Hodge
PART II: THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATO
4. 'Déjà vu all over again`? September 11 2001 and NATO Military Transformation; Terry Teriff
5. NATO in Afghanistan; Tim Bird
6. Just an 'Internal Exercise?' NATO and the 'New' Security Challenges; Magnus Petersson
7. Fine Words, Few Answers: NATO's not so new New Strategic Concept; Steve Marsh and Alan Dobson
8. Pooling, Sharing and Specialising: The Age of Austerity ad the Euro-Atlantic Security Architecture; Magnus Christiansson
9. At the End of its Tether? NATO's Intervention in Libya; Jeff Michaels
PART III: RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS
10. Between Hope and Realism: the US, NATO and a Transatlantic Bargain for the 21st Century; Ellen Hallams
11. A Bipolar Alliance for a Multipolar World: NATO and the EU; Sven Biscop
12. NATO-Russia relations after 9/11: no paradigm shift on the Eastern Front; Luca Ratti
13. NATO's Global Partnerships - A Haphazard Strategy?; Trine Flockhart
14. NATO and Interorganizational Cooperation; Bastian Giegerich
PART IV: CONCLUSION - NATO'S RETRENCHMENT?