NATO Reconsidered: Is the Atlantic Alliance Still in America's Interest?

Wesley B. Truittauthor

;Wesley B. Truitt, PhD, is a full-time author and a member of RAND Corporation's Policy Circle.

NATO Reconsidered: Is the Atlantic Alliance Still in America's Interest?

20201027

Praeger

Pages	232
Topics	Europe;NATO;Foreign Policy;Globalization;Atlanticism;Anti-Globalism;American Decision to Permanently Station Troops in Europe;Eisenhower, Dwight D.;Establishment of the Supreme Allied Command;Expansion of NATO Membership;Founding of NATO in 1949;Security Studies: U.S. Foreign Policy

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Is NATO still in the best interest of the United States? This provocative work argues that the focus on NATO distracts the U.S. from the vital foreign policy challenges of the 21st century, most notably China's rise in power.Since its beginning in 1949, NATO—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—has been at the center of United States foreign policy. The alliance was crucial during the decades of the Cold War, and the U.S. collaborated closely with NATO during crises in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Libya. But does the NATO alliance still serve the best interests of the United States?The NATO of today—one that has expanded to 30 member countries—risks involving the U.S. in unwanted military activities of the future, actions that were not intended in the original Atlantic alliance. In addition, the real challenges for foreign policy of 21st century are not in Europe, but in the expanding economic powerhouses in Asia, especially China.NATO Reconsidered argues that the changes in world politics in recent decades requires that the more than 70-year-old alliance should no longer be the principal focus of U.S. foreign policy.

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Abstract: Is NATO still in the best interest of the United States? This provocative work argues that the focus on NATO distracts the U.S. from the vital foreign policy challenges of the 21st century, most notably China's rise in power.Since its beginning in 1949, NATO—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—has been at the center of United States foreign policy. The alliance was crucial during the decades of the Cold War, and the U.S. collaborated closely with NATO during crises in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Libya. But does the NATO alliance still serve the best interests of the United States?The NATO of today—one that has expanded to 30 member countries—risks involving the U.S. in unwanted military activities of the future, actions that were not intended in the original Atlantic alliance. In addition, the real challenges for foreign policy of 21st century are not in Europe, but in the expanding economic powerhouses in Asia, especially China.NATO Reconsidered argues that the changes in world politics in recent decades requires that the more than 70-year-old alliance should no longer be the principal focus of U.S. foreign policy.

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Wesley B. Truittauthor

;Wesley B. Truitt, PhD, is a full-time author and a member of RAND Corporation's Policy Circle.

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Pages: 232

Publication Date: 20201027

Series: Praeger Security International

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