Format:
1 online resource (425 pages)
ISBN:
9780231502399
Series Statement:
A Council on Foreign Relations Book
Content:
How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Europe after communism's collapse, did the U.S. launch the greatest expansion of the American commitment to the old continent in decades? Written by a high-level insider, Opening NATO's Door provides a definitive account of the ideas, politics, and diplomacy that went into the historic decision to expand NATO to Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on the still-classified archives of the U.S. Department of State, Ronald D. Asmus recounts how and why American policymakers, against formidable odds at home and abroad, expanded NATO as part of a broader strategy to overcome Europe's Cold War divide and to modernize the Alliance for a new era. Asmus was one of the earliest advocates and intellectual architects of NATO enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism in the early 1990s and subsequently served as a top aide to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott, responsible for European security issues. He was involved in the key negotiations that led to NATO's decision to extend invitations to Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, the signing of the NATO-Russia Founding Act, and finally, the U.S. Senate's ratification of enlargement. Asmus documents how the Clinton Administration sought to develop a rationale for a new NATO that would bind the U.S. and Europe together as closely in the post-Cold War era as they had been during the fight against communism. For the Clinton Administration, NATO enlargement became the centerpiece of a broader agenda to modernize the U.S.-European strategic partnership for the future. That strategy reflected an American commitment to the spread of democracy and
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources -- Introduction -- Book I THE ORIGINS -- 1. An Ambiguous Pledge -- 2. Dismantling Yalta -- 3. Aligning with the West -- Book II THE DEBATE BEGINS -- 1. Russia First -- 2. Making the Case -- 3. "We Need a Perspective" -- 4. The Partnership for Peace -- Book III ACROSS THE RUBICON -- 1. An Ambiguous Decision -- 2. Shifting Gears -- 3. Pressure from the Right -- 4. Holbrooke's Return -- 5. Across the Rubicon -- Book IV ESTABLISHING THE DUAL TRACK -- 1. Establishing the NATO Track -- 2. A Parallel Track with Moscow -- 3. The May-for-May Deal -- 4. The Political Battle Heats Up -- 5. Bosnia and NATO Enlargement -- Book V TOWARD A NEW NATO -- 1. On the Back Burner -- 2. Sleeping with the Porcupine -- 3. Tough Love for Central and Eastern Europe -- 4. Ukraine and the Baltic States -- 5. "A Long Dance with Natasha" -- Book VI THE NATO-RUSSIA ENDGAME -- 1. Madeleine's Vision -- 2. Chancellor Kohl Comes Through -- 3. The Road to Helsinki -- 4. Breakthrough at Helsinki -- 5. Playing Both Sides of the Chessboard -- Book VII HEAD-TO-HEAD AT MADRID -- 1. Sintra -- 2. Playing the Heavy -- 3. A Baltic Challenge -- 4. Madrid -- 5. The Final Compromise -- Book VIII THE POLITICAL BATTLE -- 1. Creating a Command Post: The Birth of S/NERO -- 2. The Campaign Starts -- 3. Dancing with Jesse Helms -- 4. New Members and New Missions -- 5. The Endgame -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231127776
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780231127776
Language:
English
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1001092
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