The US NATO and military burden sharing: post-Cold War accomplishments and future prospects

Stephen J. Cimbala and Peter Kent Forster

Defense & Security Analysis, 2017, vol. 33, issue 2, 115-130

Abstract: NATO burden sharing has become an especially timely issue in the past several years as a result of a number of factors, including Russian annexation of Crimea and destabilization of eastern Ukraine in 2014. This article argues that alliance unity among the great democracies of Europe and North America is indispensable to peace and stability on the Eurasian continent. A fractured NATO, and especially, a large divide in purposes or commitments as between the United States and its European security partners, invites aggression and the possibility of inadvertent escalation. Past successes and failures in US-involved multinational peace and stability operations, within and outside of Europe, show that mission accomplishment requires give and take, including the occasional acceptance of unequal costs and benefits among the members, in order to achieve peace and security objectives.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2017.1302575

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