Thierry Tardy is Director of the Research Division at the NATO Defense College (Rome), and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges). He previously held senior research positions at the EU Institute for Security Studies (Paris) and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He has published seven books and more than 150 articles and book chapters on issues relating to European security, NATO and EU affairs, UN peacekeeping, and French security policy. He has also taught at the Paris School of International Affairs (Paris), the Sorbonne, the War College (Paris), and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva).

• Introduction


• 1: Thierry Tardy: NATO's nations, relevance, and cohesion


• Part I. Non-NATO-aligned states with a broad security agenda


• 2: Heidi Hardt: The United States


• 3: Alice Pannier: France


• 4: Can Kasapoglu: Turkey


• Part II. NATO-aligned states with a non-Russian-centric security agenda


• 5: Mark Webber: The United Kingdom


• 6: Sophia Besch: Germany


• 7: Alessandro Marrone: Italy


• 8: Félix Arteaga: Spain


• 9: Sten Rynning and Peter van Ham: Denmark and The Netherlands


• 10: Stéfanie von Hlatky and Mats Berdal: Canada and Norway


• Part III. NATO-aligned states with a Russia-centric security agenda


• 11: Justyna Gotkowska: Poland


• 12: Kristi Raik and Margarita Šešelgyt¿: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania


• 13: Dumitru Minzarari: Romania


• Appendix


• Index

The Nations of NATO explores national policies within the Atlantic Alliance. It analyses the drivers, constraints, and specificities of the foreign policies of 16 allies to offer an overview of NATO's contemporary functions and challenges and to provide an important source of data for future research and comparative analysis.