1. NATO Enlargement
- Author:
- François Heisbourg, Tomas Ries, Vladimir B. Aranovsky, and F. Stephen Larrabee
- Publication Date:
- 07-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centre for European Policy Studies
- Abstract:
- Politically, further NATO enlargement in some form is probably unavoidable. On the deepest level, because NATO at its core is an expression of the Atlantic community of liberal democratic values. Refusing entry to new applicants who fulfil the criteria and knock strongly enough and long enough is not only politically embarrassing but undermines the foundation on which NATO rests.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, NATO, and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- Europe