Description

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The Alliance has endeavoured to identify a new raison d' tre since 1991, but no unifying set of priorities has surfaced. In the absence of a menace to their vital interests, and with fundamental policy differences dividing North America and Europe, NATO is succumbing to the pressure of the times.

About the Author

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RICHARD E. RUPP is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, Calumet, USA.