From the end of the Cold War to the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001, the NATO Alliance has changed profoundly. This book explores the multifaceted consequences of NATO's adjustment to new international and domestic political and security realities. Internal Alliance politics and matters of relative power within the membership have strongly influenced recent NATO developments. Several major issues challenging the Alliance are examined, including how the impact of efforts to develop an enhanced common European security and defense policy have affected NATO: whether missile defense is driving the United States and its European allies closer or further apart; how the experience of NATO in the Balkans and elsewhere brought alliance members together or made MATO cohesion more difficult to maintain; and in what way the changing role of NATO has influenced American and Canadian participation in the Alliance. An important guidepost to pivotal changes and likely NATO developments, scholars and policymakers of Atlantic and international politics will find these meditations indispensable.A number of authors also speculate on the likely changes for the alliance that will ensue in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the possibility that NATO will soon modify its mission and responsibilities in reaction to the threat of international terrorism. Indeed many of the same strategies and strains that affected NATO cohesion over the past decade are likely to complicate efforts to maintain Alliance unity as part of the anti-terrorist coalition.

Tracks changes in NATO as its members respond and adjust to the sweeping political and military changes brought on by the end of the Cold War, the Balkans conflicts, and menacing international terrorist threats.

PrefaceIntroduction: NATO in Transition by Alexander Moens, Lenard J. Cohen, and Allen G. Sens"Community of Fate" or Marriage of Convenience? ESDP and the Future of Transatlantic Identity by David G. HaglundThe Widening Atlantic, Part II: Transatlanticism and the "New" NATO by Allen G. SensIdeas and Discourse in the Construction of a European Security and Defense Policy for the 21st Century by Jolyon HoworthEuropean Security and Transatlanticism at the Beginning of the 21st Century by Pascal BonifaceThinking Outside the Box: NATO-ESDP Cooperationat 23 by Alexander MoensEuropean Security and Defense Policy: What is in It for Canada? by John BrysonIs Canada a European Country? by Julian Lindley-FrenchBlue Helmets, Green Helmets, Red Tunics: Canada's Adaptation to the Security in Southeastern Europe by Lenard J. CohenNATO's Nuclear Future: A Rationale for NATO's Deterrence Capabilities by Karl-Heinz KampNuclear Weapons, Ballistic Missile Defense, and the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship by James Fergusson