Overview
- Offers an in-depth case study NATO’s expansion into the post-Soviet space
- Sheds new light on the geopolitical and geostrategic context of the expansion
- Assesses the impact of the expansion on international security relations in Europe
Part of the book series: Global Power Shift (GLOBAL)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book analyses the expansion of The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into the post-Soviet space after the end of the Cold War. Based on an extensive analysis of the literature and government documents, including doctrines, statements and speeches by the most influential decision-makers and other actors, it sheds new light on the geopolitical and geostrategic context of the expansion of the military alliance, and assesses its impact on international security relations in Europe.
The first chapter introduces readers to the neo-realist approach and develops the methodological basis of the book. The following chapters provide a historical overview of the causes and consequences of two waves of eastward NATO enlargement. Special attention is paid to the annexation of the Crimea and to Russian hybrid-asymmetric warfare. Finally, thirty years after the end of the Cold War, the book notes a disturbing return to militarization in international security relations. To counter this process, the author calls for a reduction of current international tensions and a new policy of détente.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: NATO’s Expansion After the Cold War
Book Subtitle: Geopolitics and Impacts for International Security
Authors: Jan Eichler
Series Title: Global Power Shift
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66641-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66640-8Published: 31 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66643-9Published: 31 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66641-5Published: 30 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2198-7343
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7351
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 173
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Security Studies, Military and Defence Studies, History, general