NATO Transformed: U.S. Institute of Peace Press Catalog Online: Publications: U.S. Institute of Peace

NATO Transformed The Alliances New Roles in International Security David S. Yost The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, perhaps more than any other Cold War institution, embodied the Wests determination to deter potential Soviet aggression in Europe. But nearly a decade after the collapse of the Soviet empire, the Atlantic Alliance is engaged in cooperative security endeavors with former adversaries throughout Europe, including peacekeeping operations in Bosnia. In this ambitious study, David Yost analyzes the major changes in the alliance and its new roles. While the Allies remain committed to collective defense, they have increasingly endowed NATO with new roles as an instrument of collective security. NATO Transformed provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of the current debate on the alliances enlargement and its new cooperative security institutionsincluding the Partnership for Peace and the special consultative forums with Russia and Ukraineand the demands of crisis management and peacekeeping operations beyond NATO territory. Drawing on international political theory and the history of other alliances, Yost identifies crucial challenges for the cohesion and effectiveness of the new NATO. Contents Introduction <img src="images/nav/blueball.gif" width="8"> NATO During the Cold War and Its Aftermath <img src="images/nav/blueball.gif" width="8"> Cooperation with Former Adversaries <img src="images/nav/blueball.gif" width="8"> Crisis Management and Peace Operations <img src="images/nav/blueball.gif" width="8"> Prospects and Challenges About the Author David Yost is a professor of international relations at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He has written extensively on European security issues, particularly regarding France and NATO. During 199697, Yost was a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace.