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Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia‐​Ukraine War

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Non-resident Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Associate Professor, University of Maryland

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Jim Goldgeier

Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution

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Kimberly Marten

Professor of Political Science, Barnard College

President, American Institute for Economic Research, and Research Fellow, Cato Institute

Over the span of 30 years, NATO went from an alliance of 16 states optimized to contain the Soviet Union to a grouping of 31 (soon to be 32) states spread across Europe, divided by threat perception and capability. In Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, Cato nonresident senior fellow Joshua Shifrinson and coeditor Jim Goldgeier of the Brookings Institution capture the debates about the effects of NATO enlargement and the alliance’s impact on European and global security. On the eve of NATO’s annual summit and at a time when debates over NATO’s role in the Russia-Ukraine war hang over international politics, please join us for an online book forum with Shifrinson, Goldgeier, and two of the volume’s contributors for a discussion of how NATO enlargement has affected U.S. national security, transatlantic politics, and relations with Moscow.

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Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War

This book reviews the history and consequences of NATO’s post-Cold War enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe. It offers a nuanced discussion of the merits and drawbacks of NATO enlargement across the different actors involved and compares the results of the policy against potential alternatives that were not chosen.