NATO

No Help is Coming: The Syrian-Turkish Strategic Quagmire

Dan G. Cox • Oct 18 2012 • Articles

With numerous strategic pitfalls to intervention in Syria, there is little chance that Article V will be invoked by Turkey to bring in a NATO intervention force.

Turkey, the Balance of Power, and the Risks of Article V

Robert W. Murray • Oct 11 2012 • Articles

Unless there is some sort of extraordinary aggression taken by the Assad regime towards Turkey, NATO’s role should remain focused on harshly worded joint statements and nothing more. Article V invocation would be an overreaction.

NATO’s Implementation of UN SCR 1325

Katharine Wright • Sep 22 2012 • Articles

NATO has utilised UN SCR 1325 on ‘Women, Peace and Security’ as a tool to justify advocating increasing women in the military in order to counter manpower shortages.

NATO in Afghanistan: There and Back Again

Ondrej Ditrych • Jun 11 2012 • Articles

By invading Afghanistan, NATO took both political and moral responsibility for its future. It is possible that, at the end of the transition process, NATO will fail its test of responsibility

NATO’s Chicago Summit: A Snapshot of the Alliance’s Slow-motion Overhaul

Péter Marton • May 28 2012 • Articles

NATO’s recent Chicago Summit produced no truly historical decisions. It did what was required to keep the Alliance’s slow-motion overhaul on track, focusing on taking forward a “responsible” transition in Afghanistan and the cause of “smart” defence back home.

NATO and Afghanistan: Lessons Learned?

Robert W. Murray • May 23 2012 • Articles

At present, the NATO mission in Afghanistan is a failure. Though the Taliban regime was overthrown, violence continues to plague daily life across the country.

Russia’s Foreign Policy in Kosovo

Abit Hoxha • May 12 2012 • Articles

Russia’s Balkans strategy is one of deterrence. It will maintain a high-profile denial of Kosovo’s independence and attempt to block the new nation from the international stage.

Rebalancing Priorities: America, Europe, and Defence Austerity

Carl Cavanagh Hodge • Mar 5 2012 • Articles

Faced with fiscal pressures at home and rising powers elsewhere, the US is reducing its troop presence in Europe. The interests of European security can be best served by Britain and France developing a stronger joint expeditionary capacity.

Syrians Are Paying the Price of NATO Excesses in Libya

Ramesh Thakur • Mar 2 2012 • Articles

The China–Russia veto does not prove the irrelevance of the UN Security Council. Rather, it proves that the politics of the Security Council must be got right before an R2P military intervention; and the political equilibrium should be maintained during the operation.

Libya: The End of Intervention

David Chandler • Nov 17 2011 • Articles

Without Western responsibility for the outcome of the intervention in Libya and without any transformative promise, Western powers were strengthened morally and politically through their actions, whereas in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, they were humbled and often humiliated.

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