Recent Publications

Navigating New Threats: NATO’s Posture on Emerging Technologies
March 8, 2022 — Dr. Sarah Lohmann, Dr. Carol Evans, 2022The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) faces a volatile global security environment. Climate change will challenge international stability through natural disasters, migration crises, and land degradation. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended peace in Europe, and the COVID-19 pandemic reminded the... MORE

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Security Threats, American Pressure, and the Role of Key Personnel: How NATO’s Defence Planning Process is Alleviating the Burden-Sharing Dilemma
October 9, 2020 — Dr. John R. Deni, 2020In 2017, for the first time since the end of the Cold War, none of the capability targets identified in NATO’s quadrennial NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP) were left on the negotiating table. Previously, capability targets were identified by the alliance’s secretariat, but they remained unfilled as allies failed to assume... MORE

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NATO Needs to Focus on the Black Sea
August 4, 2020 — Robert E. Hamilton, 2020, the Foreign Policy Research InstituteWilliam of Ockham would like a word with those who worry more about a potential Russian invasion of the Baltics than ongoing interventions in the Balkans.“Of two competing theories, the simpler explanation” is to be preferred, wrote William of Ockham, an injunction that some Western... MORE

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Turkey and the United States on the Brink: Implications for NATO and the US-Turkish Strategic and Military Partnership
January 8, 2020 — Author: Kamal A. Beyoghlow, PhDThis monograph analyzes the current political tensions between the United States and Turkey and suggests ways to manage them. The two countries have been strategic allies since at least the end of World War II—Turkey became a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member and participated with its military forces in the... MORE

The Relevance of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the United States in the 21st Century
September 27, 2018 — Author: Dr Joel R HillisonThe “America First” approach to foreign policy seems to call into question the value of institutions like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). However, in a more competitive and uncertain strategic environment, NATO and the EU remain vital to promoting U.S. interests.Read Now MORE

The Relevance of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the United States in the 21st Century
June 1, 2018 — Dr. Joel R Hillison, 2018 The “America First” approach to foreign policy seems to call into question the value of institutions like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). However, in a more competitive and uncertain strategic environment, NATO and the EU remain vital to promoting U.S. interests.Read Now MORE

Strategic Insights: Strategic Implications of Brexit
June 24, 2016 — Author: Dr John R DeniThe momentous decision of British voters to leave the European Union (EU) is already having major repercussions in both economics and politics. In the former, investors fled uncertainty for more stable opportunities, while in the latter there are already calls for another Scottish independence referendum. In the worlds of... MORE

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NATO Cyberspace Capability: A Strategic and Operational Evolution
June 1, 2016 — Author: Mr Jeffrey L CatonThe development of cyberspace defense capabilities for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been making steady progress since its formal introduction at the North Atlantic Council Prague Summit in 2002. Bolstered by numerous cyber attacks, such as those in Estonia (2007), Alliance priorities were formalized in... MORE

Parameters VOL. 46 NO. 1 SPRING 2016
April 1, 2016 — Editor: Dr Antulio J Echevarria IISpecial Commentary: Making Sense of the “Long Wars”Tami Davis BiddleUS Leadership and NATOLuis Simón, Alexander Mattelaer, John R. Deni, Magnus PeterssonIs Nation-Building a Myth?Charles J. Sullivan, M. Chris MasonLearning from Today’s WarsBen Nimmo, Roger N. McDermott, Erik W. GoepnerRead Now MORE

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Stepping Up: Burden Sharing by NATO’s Newest Members
November 1, 2014 — Author: Dr Joel R Hillison View the Executive SummaryThis book examines the burden sharing behavior of new NATO members. It makes the argument that new NATO members are burden sharing at a greater rate than older NATO members. It also suggests that NATO’s expansion did not lead to greater free-riding behavior in NATO, contrary to the predictions of... MORE

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Against All Odds: Relations between NATO and the MENA Region
August 1, 2012 — Author: Dr Florence Gaub While NATO was created with a primary outlook to the East, its Southern rim was neglected strategically until the end of the Cold War. Since then, the Alliance has undertaken a number of efforts to build strategic relationships with the Middle East and North Africa, recognizing the region’s importance for Allied security... MORE

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Op-Ed: Heading Toward the NATO Summit
April 9, 2012 — Dr. Jeffrey D. McCausland From the perspective of the Obama administration, the last NATO Summit that was held in Lisbon in November 2010 was critically important and was described as a great success in its aftermath. President Obama arrived in office with the goal of rebuilding American alliances, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)... MORE