The US NATO debate : from Libya to Ukraine

✍ Scribed by Petersson, Magnus

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the Libya War in 2011 it has been widely suggested that NATO's role in US security policy has diminished, because Washington gives Europe less and Asia more strategic priority (a tendency that is reinforced by budget restraints), and because the US is no longer interested in always leading NATO activities that mainly concern European conditions.

Several experts have suggested that the US expect that the European security challenges primarily should be handled by NATO's European allies in a new transatlantic burden sharing model, and that the US role should principally be Article V-focused. This book investigates to what extent these claims are valid, and what consequences they may have for European and international security.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Contents Foreword 1. Where is the US going with NATO? 1.1 NATO's changed role in US security policy 1.2 Analyzing the US NATO debate 1.3 The actors in the US NATO debate 1.4 Limitations and the structure of the book 2. 2011: The Libya War 2.1 The political debate in Congress 2.2 The political debate in the Administration 2.3 The policy debate in the think tank and elite media environment 2.4 Summary and reflections 3. 2012-2013: The Chicago Summit and the Syria Conflict 3.1 The political debate in Congress 3.2 The political debate in the Administration 3.3 The policy debate in the think tank and elite media environment 3.4 Summary and reflections 4. 2014: The Ukraine Crisis and the Wales Summit 4.1 The political debate in Congress 4.2 The political debate in the Administration 4.3 The policy debate in the think tank and elite media environment 4.4 Summary and reflections 5. Conclusions 5.1 The results of the analysis 5.2 The wider implications of the results Name Index of Actors List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index

✦ Subjects

North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- United States. United States -- Military relations -- Europe. Europe -- Military relations -- United States. United States -- Military policy. Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011- Ukraine -- History, Military -- 21st century. HISTORY / Military / Other TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science North A