NATO after Libya: Alliance adrift?

TY - JOUR

T1 - NATO after Libya

T2 - Alliance adrift?

AU - Michaels, J.H.

PY - 2011/12

Y1 - 2011/12

N2 - At the May 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, the 'success' of the Alliance's Libya operation will no doubt be a cause for celebration. However, despite the positive outcome, Libya will have a very limited impact on the future direction of the Alliance. Undue focus on recent operations deflects attention from the more important drivers of NATO's future course - ones which will likely ensure that the Alliance remains an active global security actor, even if many of its members do not always want to take an active part militarily.

AB - At the May 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, the 'success' of the Alliance's Libya operation will no doubt be a cause for celebration. However, despite the positive outcome, Libya will have a very limited impact on the future direction of the Alliance. Undue focus on recent operations deflects attention from the more important drivers of NATO's future course - ones which will likely ensure that the Alliance remains an active global security actor, even if many of its members do not always want to take an active part militarily.

U2 - 10.1080/03071847.2011.642689

DO - 10.1080/03071847.2011.642689

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84859701220

SN - 0307-1847

VL - 156

SP - 56

EP - 61

JO - RUSI Journal

JF - RUSI Journal

IS - 6

ER -