NATO Beyond 9/11: The Transformation of the Atlantic Alliance (New Security Challenges)

This collection reflects on the significance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks for the transatlantic alliance. Offering an analysis of NATO's evolution since 2001, it examines key topics such as the alliance's wars in Afghanistan, its military operation in Libya, global partnerships, burden-sharing and relations with the US and Russia. This volume brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to examine the significance of 9/11 for the transformation of the Atlantic Alliance over the last decade. Blending international relations, political science, IR theory and history, it asks whether 9/11 represents a major transformative event for an alliance that was still grappling with the implications of the end of the Cold War. Examining key topics such as the alliance's wars in Afghanistan, its military operation in Libya, global partnerships, new security challenges, burden-sharing and relations with the US, Russia and other key actors, it offers a unique insight into the alliance's evolution since 2001. This comprehensive collection will appeal to scholars in political science, international and transatlantic relations, security studies and US and European foreign policy. Its contributors include Tim Bird, Sven Biscop, Magnus Christiansson, Alan Dobson, Trine Flockhart, Bastian Giegerich, Carl Cavanagh Hodge, Steve Marsh, Jeffrey H. Michaels, Magnus Petersson, Michael Ruhle, Terry Terriff and Mark Webber Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction — A New Paradigm for NATO?....Pages 1-23 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 NATO after 9/11: Theoretical Perspectives....Pages 27-53 Reflections on 9/11: A View from NATO....Pages 54-66 A Sense of Return: NATO’s Libyan Intervention in Perspective....Pages 67-88 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 ‘Déj`vu all over again’?: 11 September 2001 and NATO Military Transformation....Pages 91-117 ‘Perennial Dilemmas’: NATO’s Post-9/11 Afghanistan ‘Crisis’....Pages 118-139 Just an Internal Exercise? NATO and the ‘New’ Security Challenges....Pages 140-154 Fine Words, Few Answers: NATO’s ‘Not So New’ New Strategic Concept....Pages 155-177 Pooling, Sharing and Specializing — NATO and International Defence Cooperation....Pages 178-197 A Model Intervention? Reflections on NATO’s Libya ‘Success’....Pages 198-214 Front Matter....Pages 215-215 Between Hope and Realism: The United States, NATO and a Transatlantic Bargain for the 21st Century....Pages 217-238 NATO and the EU: A Bipolar Alliance for a Multipolar World....Pages 239-257 NATO-Russia Relations after 9/11: New Challenges, Old Issues....Pages 258-277 NATO’s Global Partnerships — A Haphazard Strategy?....Pages 278-296 NATO and Interorganizational Cooperation....Pages 297-317 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 Conclusion — 9/11: A Systemic or Paradigm Shift for NATO?....Pages 321-331 Back Matter....Pages 332-347