NATO, the Subjective Alliance: The Debate Over the Future

Abstract

This report analyzes the range of differing views on national and international security policy in the 1980s. The questions asked are: What are the issues over which those who debate arms policy in the 1980s differ? Why -- logically, not psychologically or politically -- do they differ? How have these differences developed from the debates of the 1960s? The objective of this project is to increase understanding of the premises and lines of reasoning that cause people to disagree and, by improving the debate, to improve the making of security policy in the United States and other Western democracies where the debate matters. Keywords: Defense planning; NATO history; International relations; Foreign policy; Arms control; Disarmament; Political alliances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA220496

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Levine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Systems
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.