Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments — Introduction — Eastern Challenges — NATO and the Quest for Ongoing Viability — The Alliance Transformed: A Skeptical View — The Yugoslav Civil War — The Great Game Revisited? The Quest for Influence in Independent Central Asia — Western Interests — The American Response to European Nationalism — Germany, the Blue-Helmet Debate, and the Eastern Crisis — Between Eurovoluntarism and Realism: France and European Security in Transition — Institutional Adaptation — The European Community and the Eastern Challenge — The North Atlantic Cooperation Council: NATO's Ostpolitik for Post-Cold War Europe — Discovering Westminster: The Transformation of Civil-Military Relations in Central Europe — Conclusion — NATO's Eastern Dilemmas: Flexible Response Redux?