Detailed Information on Publication Record
2015
NATO Enlargement: Disaster or Success? Evaluation of Worst Case Scenarios
KŘÍŽ, ZdeněkBasic information
Original name
NATO Enlargement: Disaster or Success? Evaluation of Worst Case Scenarios
Name in Czech
NATO Enlargement: Disaster or Success? Evaluation of Worst Case Scenarios
Authors
KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
1. vyd. Warsaw - Prague - Brussels, NEWCOMERS NO MORE? Contemporary NATO and the Future of the Enlargement from the Perspective of “Post-Cold War” Members, p. 117-130, 14 pp. NATO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY DIVISION, 2015
Publisher
International Relations Research Institute in Warsaw
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
Field of Study
50601 Political science
Country of publisher
Belgium
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
electronic version available online
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/15:00084149
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN
978-83-62784-04-2
Keywords (in Czech)
NATO; rozšiřování; obavy; realita
Keywords in English
NATO; enlargement; fears; reality
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 2/5/2016 16:23, Ing. Alena Raisová
V originále
Despite the strong criticism against the NATO enlargement policy, we can conclude that the enlargement has not caused any significant damage to the Alliance. NATO’s internal cohesion did not suffer a great loss, as seeking a consensus between members is just as difficult as it was in the Cold War period. The dividing lines between members on controversial issues are not drawn on the grounds of the length of membership. Moreover, no new iron curtains have been dropped, as the “new” member states further support the NATO “open door” policy. Last but not least, almost all NATO members, not only “the newcomers”, should increase their military expenditures. The only exception is an obvious deterioration of relations with Russia, which occurred after Russia had launched the war with Georgia in 2008, and especially when it annexed Crimea and started a “hybrid war” against Ukraine in 2014.
In Czech
Despite the strong criticism against the NATO enlargement policy, we can conclude that the enlargement has not caused any significant damage to the Alliance. NATO’s internal cohesion did not suffer a great loss, as seeking a consensus between members is just as difficult as it was in the Cold War period. The dividing lines between members on controversial issues are not drawn on the grounds of the length of membership. Moreover, no new iron curtains have been dropped, as the “new” member states further support the NATO “open door” policy. Last but not least, almost all NATO members, not only “the newcomers”, should increase their military expenditures. The only exception is an obvious deterioration of relations with Russia, which occurred after Russia had launched the war with Georgia in 2008, and especially when it annexed Crimea and started a “hybrid war” against Ukraine in 2014.