NATO’s Post-Cold War Politics: The Changing Provision of Security

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: NATO as an Organization and Bureaucracy....Pages 1-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
From London to Brussels: Emergence and Development of a Politico-Administrative System....Pages 31-49
Institutionalizing NATO’s Military Bureaucracy: The Making of an Integrated Chain of Command....Pages 50-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Post-Bipolar Challenges: New Visions and New Activities....Pages 71-88
Self-Presentation and Impression Management: NATO’s New Public Diplomacy....Pages 89-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
NATO Decision-Making: The ‘Consensus Rule’ Endures Despite Challenges....Pages 107-123
The Changing Role of NATO’s Secretary General....Pages 124-139
Coping with Complexity: Informal Political Forums at NATO’s Headquarters....Pages 140-158
Enduring Rules, Changing Practices: NATO’s Post-Cold War Military Committee and International Military Staff....Pages 159-175
Perfectly Flawed? The Evolution of NATO’s Force Generation Process....Pages 176-193
The Impact of NATO’s Defence Planning and Force Generation on Member States....Pages 194-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
NATO’s Troubled Relations with Partner Organizations: A Resource-Dependence Explanation....Pages 215-233
In the Line of Fire: NATO-NGO Relations from Bosnia to Afghanistan....Pages 234-250
Partners versus Members? NATO as an Arena for Coalitions....Pages 251-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Informal Cooperation beyond the Alliance....Pages 269-288
NATO’s Transformation and global Security....Pages 289-303
Conclusion: NATO’s Transformed Provision of Security....Pages 304-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-334