U.S. NATO Policy: The Next Five Years

Abstract

Using a number of scenarios, this note examines variables likely to affect U.S. NATO policy during the first term of President George Bush's administration. The variables include both those factors introduced by the administration and the Congress, and those stemming from the world in which policymakers find themselves. The administration and the congressional leadership are dominated by pragmatic centrists who want to preserve NATO and who will not be anxious to initiate radical change. Therefore, major changes in NATO are not likely to be introduced by the United States. Foreign policy. (edc)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215704

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Levine

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Alliances
  • Arms Control
  • Congress
  • Deterrence
  • Economic Policy
  • Economics
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Public Opinion
  • Security
  • Stemming
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies