NATO and the New Unilateralism

An unfortunate fact looms over the fortieth anniversary of the Second World War’s end: Many veterans of that war will not be here to celebrate the fiftieth. Those who survive will almost all be more than seventy years of age. The war and its aftermath—including the development of our structure of alliances—are fading from living memory.

It could not have happened at a worse time. Never has the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the keystone of America’s relations with all but one of its principal allies, faced so many influential critics on both sides of the Atlantic. A strong summary of the arguments being employed by the defenders and detractors of the status quo appears in the current issue of SAIS Review (Winter-Spring 1985).

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Michael A. Scully

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An unfortunate fact looms over the fortieth anniversary of the Second World War’s end: Many veterans of that war will not be here to celebrate the fiftieth. Those who survive will almost all be more than seventy years of age. The war and its aftermath—including the development of our structure of alliances—are fading from living memory.

It could not have happened at a worse time. Never has the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the keystone of America’s relations with all but one of its principal allies, faced so many influential critics on both sides of the Atlantic. A strong summary of the arguments being employed by the defenders and detractors of the status quo appears in the current issue of SAIS Review (Winter-Spring 1985).