Transforming NATO: New Allies, Missions, and Capabilities

309 Pages·2011·1.22 MB·English

by  Ivan Dinev Ivanov

Transforming NATO
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Transforming NATO
New Allies, Missions,
and Capabilities
Ivan Dinev Ivanov
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Ivanov, Ivan Dinev.
Transforming NATO : new allies, missions, and capabilities / Ivan Dinev Ivanov.
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ISBN 978-0-7391-3714-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7391-3716-1 (ebk.)
1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 2. Security, International. 3. International
relations. I. Title.
JZ5930.I83 2011
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
Introduction xiii
1 Management and Sustainability of Clubs: Conceptual
Foundations of NATO Politics 1
2 Explaining NATO’s Transformation: The Concept
of Complementarities 45
3 Expanding the Mission: NATO’s Out-of-the-Area Involvement 77
4 Advancing NATO’s New Capabilities 115
5 Adding New Allies: Three Rounds of Post-Cold War
NATO Expansion 155
6 Managing Twenty-First-Century Operations: NATO’s
Involvement in Afghanistan 201
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vi Contents
Conclusions 231
Appendix: Assessing the Effect of Complementarities 247
Acknowledgments 249
Bibliography 251
Index 271
About the Author 281
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List of Figures and Tables
FIGURES
Figure 1.1. Relationship between Defense Expenditures and Na-
tional Income (average 1994–2004) 27
Figure 1.2. Relationship between Defense Expenditures and Na-
tional Income (2004) 28
Figure 1.3. Relationship between Share of Income Allocated to
Defense and Per Capita Income (average 1994–2004) 30
Figure 1.4. Relationship between Share of Income Allocated to
Defense and Per Capita Income (2004) 31
Figure 2.1. The Model of Complementarities 60
Figure 6.1. Actual Troop Contribution to the International Secu-
rity Assistance Force (ISAF) and Operation Eduring
Freedom in Afghanistan (2002–2009) 207
Figure 6.2. Allied Casualties in Afghanistan (2002–2009) 208
Figure 6.3. Troop Contribution to the International Security As-
sistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan as a Percentage
of All Troops (2002–2009) 213
TABLES
Table I.1. The Three Aspects of NATO’s Transformation,
1990–2010 xxii
Table 1.1. Major Theories of Alliance Politics 14
Table 1.2. Types of International Goods (Barry Hughes, 1993) 16
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viii List of Figures and Tables
Table 1.3. Types of Clubs and Their Relevance to Alliance Poli-
tics 23
Table 1.4. Hypotheses Tested 35
Table 2.1. Population, GDP, Defense Spending, and Size of
Armed Forces for the New NATO Members (2004) 66
Table 4.1. Features of Crisis Response Missions and Capabilities 127
Table 5.1. Timetables for the Completion of Reforms for the
Seven Invitees (2002–2003) 167
Table 5.2. The Process of NATO Expansion by Year 175
Table 6.1. The Advancement of International Security Assis-
tance Force in Afghanistan by Years (2002–2009) 206
APPENDIX
Table A.1. Influence on Per Capita Deployment of Troops Abroad
for Fifteen Old NATO Members (1993–2004) 247
Table A.2. Influence on Per Capita Deployment of Troops Abroad
for New NATO Members (1993–2004) 248
Table A.3. Influence on Per Capita Deployment of Troops Abroad
for Austria, Finland, Ireland, and Sweden (1993–2004) 248
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Abbreviations
AC Adriatic Charter
ACT Allied Command Transformation
ACUS The Atlantic Council of the United States
BALTBAT Baltic Battalion;
CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear threats/
battalion
CEE Central and Eastern Europe
CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy
CI Complex Interdependence
CJTFs Combined Joint Task Forces
CPI Counter Proliferation Initiative
DCI Defense Capabilities Initiative
DGP NATO’s Senior Defense Group on Proliferation
DPC NATO’s Defense Planning Committee
DPT Democratic Peace Theory
EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EGF European Gendarmerie Force
ERRF European Rapid Reaction Force
ESDP European Security and Defense Policy
EU European Union
EUBGs European Battle Groups
HR for CFSP High Representative for the Common Foreign and Secu-
rity Policy
ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugosla-
via
IFOR Implementation Force for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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