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NATO: Problems of Security and Collaboration

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  • Osgood, Robert E.

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The North Atlantic Treaty is unique among alliances in embodying a degree of peacetime military integration, strategic collaboration, and political cooperation that few wartime coalitions have achieved. This unprecedented degree of interdependence constitutes a great part of NATO's strength but also a great part of NATO's problems—especially those that spring from the dual task of combining the external security with the internal collaboration of its members. Certain military and political developments that were not foreseen when the alliance was created have seriously aggravated these problems. The prospect of several allies acquiring independent nuclear capabilities challenges the basic foundation of the alliance and calls for a reappraisal of its underlying assumptions.

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  • Osgood, Robert E., 1960. "NATO: Problems of Security and Collaboration," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 54(1), pages 106-129, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:54:y:1960:i:01:p:106-129_12
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    1. Charles G. McClintock & Dale J. Hekhuis, 1961. "European community deterrence: its organization, utility, and political feasibility," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 5(3), pages 230-253, September.

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