The September 11 terrorist attacks brought a discourse on the transatlantic rift to the
agenda of international community. In fact, at the end of the CW, the emergence of
the US as the leading hegemonic power gave way to transatlantic divergences
concerning security perceptions and strategies of the post-CW era. Also, NATO has
been challenged with these drastic changes in the international system. Yet, owing to
the initiatives taken for the transformation of the Atlantic alliance during the 1990s,
NATO maintained its relevance for the new world order. However, the divergences
of the US and Europeans on their strategies to deal with the post-September 11
security threats led to another discussions about the future of NATO. Indeed, as the
US&rsquo / post-September 11 unilateral policies deepened the transatlantic rift already
underway since the end of the CW, on the way to Iraq war, NATO turned out to be
the place where the divisions between the allies were reflected the most. Hence, the
US&rsquo / preferences for ad hoc coalitions of the willing understanding damaged the longduring
multilateral alliance by leading to a secondary role for NATO during the US&rsquo / Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns. That is why, time is needed to see whether the old
allies facing new threats can reconcile their differences in the name of a renewed
transatlantic security cooperation through the initiatives taken within NATO?
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608884/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2007 |
| Creators | Celik, Celen |
| Contributors | Kibaroglu, Aysegul |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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