The Future of NATO

The conclusion of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Afghanistan in 2014 closes an important chapter in the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In this volume, European and US experts examine a range of perennial issues facing the Alliance, including relations with Russia, NATOs institutional organization and command structure, and the role of the United States in the Alliance, in order to show how these issues shape todays most pressing debatethe debate over the balance between NATOs engagement in security operations globally and traditional defense within the North-Atlantic region. The volumes contributors propose that NATO can indeed find a viable balance between competing, but not inherently incompatible, strategic visions. A theoretically informed, empirical account and analysis of NATOs recent evolution, this volume will appeal to both security scholars and practitioners from the policy community.