- Tackles a major concern currently confronting the defence sector globally - what is the future of NATO?
- Examines a number of new issues confronting NATO from the development and harnessing of drone technology to the emergence of cyber-warfare and the militarisation of space
- Combines NATO’s political controversies, complexities and conflicts with a treatment of the underlying theoretical economic frameworks
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- About this book
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NATO is facing a unique crisis questioning its existence and future. This book provides a detailed in-depth economic and critical analysis of the issues. It considers whether NATO has a future and what it might look like 70 years ahead. NATO is undergoing a process of dramatic change, reorganising its functions, funding and strategic responsibilities to address growing regional and global threats. This book not only explores the contentiousness of economic and financial burden-sharing and the associated political and diplomatic stresses involved in the pursuit of common strategic objectives, but contributes to a further debate concerning the expanded scope and roles of the Alliance in the 21st century. This book combines NATO’s political controversies, complexities and conflicts with a treatment of the underlying theoretical economic frameworks.
This book is essential reading for students in military staff colleges, university International Relations and Strategic Affairs Departments, but also to those working in government defence establishments, independent think tanks and political and economic institutions, generally.
- About the authors
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Keith Hartley is Emeritus Professor in Economics at the University of York, UK. He was the Founding Editor of Defence and Peace Economics, and Special Advisor to the Editor. He has presented written and oral evidence to the House of Commons Defence Committee for its Enquiries into the UK Defence Industrial Strategy and Defence Commitments and Resources. He was previously Special Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee. He has been Consultant to the UN, EC, EDA, UK Ministry of Defence, DTI, HM Treasury, the Korean Defence Agency and the Korean Development Institute.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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NATO at 70: Achievements
Pages 1-9
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The Need for NATO?
Pages 11-19
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Burden-Sharing
Pages 21-41
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NATO: An Economics, Politics and Public Choice Analysis
Pages 43-55
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NATO and Europe: Improving Efficiency
Pages 57-80
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- NATO at 70
- Book Subtitle
- A Political Economy Perspective
- Authors
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- Keith Hartley
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-54395-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-54395-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-54394-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 104
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics