The North Atlantic Treaty Group (NATO) was based in 1949 to defend towards a doable Soviet assault and included 16 North American and European member states when the USSR collapsed in 1991. Between 1999 and 2020, the group admitted 14 extra members from Central and Jap Europe that sought army safety and political stability after the tip of the Chilly Battle. Within the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Finland joined the alliance in April 2023. Sweden’s software is pending ratification by Turkey and Hungary, and NATO members are debating Ukraine’s doable accession. To this present day, there are intense educational and coverage debates in regards to the safety, political, and societal penalties of growth.
Of their new guide, “Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Chilly Battle Victory to the Russia-Ukraine Battle,” co-editors James Goldgeier and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson map out the group’s enlargement course of to put the groundwork for a complete evaluation and analysis of NATO growth. The chapter authors assess a variety of points, together with: NATO’s affect on U.S. overseas coverage and on democracy and safety in Central and Jap Europe; members’ collective and particular person relations with China and Russia; and NATO’s improvement as a political and army establishment.
Forward of NATO’s upcoming summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Brookings will convene a panel dialogue on June 15 with the guide’s co-editors and two chapter authors to investigate the deserves and disadvantages of NATO enlargement and examine paths chosen and never chosen, giving particular consideration to Russia’s conflict towards Ukraine. Susan Glasser of The New Yorker will reasonable the dialog.
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