Throughout the past sixty years, NATO, the world’s most powerful military alliance, has been a remarkable success story. Today, however, there appears to be a widening rift among the member countries as NATO struggles to redefine its purpose and strategic identity. Is NATO still primarily a transatlantic alliance for collective defense or has it become an organization of democratic states that acts wherever it deems necessary to assert its values and ideas of a liberal world order?
Based on an examination of national security strategies and policy statements, this book sheds light on the specific characteristics, security cultures, and strategic worldviews of the reformist, neo-traditionalist and 'status-quo' tiers of NATO.
