The Challenge of NATO Enlargement

Twenty-six key officials and experts analyze the NATO decision to expand into Central-Eastern Europe. Contributors include the NATO Secretary General Solana, President Clinton, former Soviet leader Gorbachev, former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Joulwan, several active and former foreign ministers and deputy foreign ministers, other high officials, and prominent academics from the United States and Europe. Particular attention is paid to the rationale, pros and cons, and the impact on Russia, Ukraine, the European neutrals, the new NATO members, and the remaining hopefuls. The volume begins by presenting the offical NATO explanation of the 1997 decision to expand into Central-Eastern Europe and examines the problems the decisions might well create. Next are essays providing a critique of the decision, mainly from the standpoint of the West's future relations with Russia. Polish, Czech, and Hungarian officals then describe their countries' positions and expectations as new NATO members, after which the credentials of six candidates for the next round of NATO enlargement are analyzed. After discussing the impact of NATO enlargement on the European neutrals and the Nordic states, the volume concludes with a presentation of major arguments for and against the enlargement and the known or presumed motivations of the main actors related to NATO enlargement.

Table of Contents:
The Rationale, Intentions, and General Framework of the Enlargement NATO Beyond Enlargement by Javier Solana Security Cooperation and the New NATO by Norman W. Ray NATO and the New SHAPE by George A. Joulwan NATO's Enlargement: Anatomy of a Decision by Jonathan Eyal The Problems of Enlargement by Theo Sommer The Need for a Post-Enlargement Strategy by Jeffrey Simon EU Enlargement and European Security by Fraser Cameron A Research Note on Eligibility for NATO Membership by Anton A. Bebler NATO, Russian Federation and Ukraine The Expansion of NATO in the Context of Global Politics by Mikhail S. Gorbachev Dubious Security by Alvin Z. Rubinstein On the NATO-Russia Founding Act by Nikolai N. Afanasievskii NATO Enlargement and Ukraine by Oleksandr Pavliuk The Invited Newcomers and Regional Stability To the Senate of the United States by William J. Clinton Poland as a NATO Member by Bronislaw Geremek Polish Public Attitudes toward Joining NATO by Krzystof Ostrowski The Czech Republic and Western Integration by Otto Pick Hungary's Security and the Enlargement by IstVÁn Gyarmati NATO's Metamorphosis and Its New Members by Daniel N. Nelson and Thomas S. Szayna The Three Central European Militaries and the Enlargement by Dale R. Herspring EU and NATO Enlargement and Stability in Central-Eastern Europe by Monika Wohlfeld The Deferred and Other Central-Eastern European Candidates Slovenia and the "Gray Zone" in Europe by Anton A. Bebler Romania Endeavors to Join NATO by Adrian Severin Slovakia and NATO by Eduard Kukan The Enlargement and the Baltic States by Bo Huldt The European Neutrals and Nordic States The Austrian Debate on NATO Membership by Hanspeter Neuhold Neutrality and NATO Enlargement by Curt Gasteyger NATO Enlargement: A Nordic Perspective by Niels-Joergen Nehring Postcript by Anton A. Bebler Appendices Selected Bibliography

About the Author :
ANTON A. BEBLER is Professor of Political Science and of Defense Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia./e He authored and edited several books as well as numerous chapters and scholarly articles. In 1991-1992, Dr. Bebler chaired the Slovenian Council of the European Movement. He joined the Slovenian Foreign Service in 1992 and, until September 1997, served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative at the UN Office in Geneva. In 1998 he was elected President of the Atlantic Council of Slovenia.