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Doubling Nato: Functional And Geographical Enlargement Of The Alliance, Ergodan Kurt
Doubling Nato: Functional And Geographical Enlargement Of The Alliance, Ergodan Kurt
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
This dissertation studies NATO expansion as institutional adaptation. More specifically, it examines the interaction between NATO's functional and geographical enlargement. This study asserts that there is a close relationship between NATO's new functions and its enlargement. Over time, NATO evolved from a collective defense alliance to a comprehensive security organization. As NATO undertook new functions, its capabilities no longer matched the requirements of the new functions. The geographical enlargement, in fact, constitutes a vehicle for the fulfillment of the capability shortfall.
Furthermore, this dissertation asserts that the new security environment will force NATO to focus on the regions at a …