This timely Research Handbook provides novel insights into the institutional complexities of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Through a defined focus on the post-Cold War evolution of NATO, it provides various theoretical perspectives on the Alliance and assesses wider research efforts within NATO studies.
Written by thirty renowned international scholars and practitioners, chapters provide multidisciplinary insights into NATO’s legal and political developments. They examine existing research ventures within NATO scholarship, as well as potential future methodological advancements. The Research Handbook looks closely at NATO’s political and military decision-making, its principles of governance and its key fields of action. It additionally offers a significant analysis of the organization’s stability and cohesion.
This comprehensive Research Handbook will be important for academics studying law, politics and international relations surveying the intricacies of regional organizations. It will be particularly beneficial for NATO practitioners and for researchers endeavouring to further the field of NATO studies.
- Subjects:
- Public International Law
- Contents:
- Preface xv
- List of abbreviations xvii
- 1. Introduction: NATO as an object of research 1
- Sebastian Mayer
- PART I. THEORIES AND APPROACHES
- 2. Realism 21
- Luca Ratti
- 3. Institutionalism 36
- Sebastian Mayer
- 4. Economic theory 52
- Shintaro Nakagawa, Toshihiro Ihori and Martin C. McGuire
- 5. Social constructivism 69
- Tobias Bunde
- 6. Interpretive approaches 84
- Ulrich Franke
- PART II. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES
- 7. Legal personalities 99
- Andrés B. Muñoz-Mosquera and Nikoleta P. Chalanouli
- 8. Institutional design 114
- Seth A. Johnston
- 9. Institutional memory 131
- Heidi Hardt
- PART III. OPERATING NATO
- 10. Political decision-making 147
- Sebastian Mayer
- 11. Military decision-making 164
- Ivan Dinev Ivanov
- 12. Civilian control of the military 178
- Stephen M. Saideman and David P. Auerswald
- 13. Collective action problems 191
- Christian Tuschhoff
- PART IV. FIELDS OF ACTION
- 14. Collective defence 208
- John R. Deni
- 15. Deterrence 222
- Damon Coletta
- 16. NATO operations 237
- Nicholas Williams
- 17. Counter-terrorism 253
- Giray Sadõk and Aybike Yalcin-Ispir
- 18. Cyber security 267
- Joe Burton
- 19. Partnerships for Peace 280
- Joshua B. Spero
- 20. Mediterranean and global partnering 296
- Markus Kaim
- 21. Democracy support 308
- Henrik B. L. Larsen
- PART V. PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNANCE
- 22. Use of force: legal foundations 324
- Michael Bothe
- 23. Accountability and transparency 339
- Ian Davis
- PART VI. STRENGTH AND COHESION
- 24. NATO’s crisis resilience 356
- Sebastian Harnisch
- 25. Burden-sharing 369
- Benjamin Zyla
- 26. The NATO “habit of consultation” 385
- Martin A. Smith
- 27. Cohesion through identity 400
- Falk Ostermann
- Index
