This collection is the first book-length study of NATO's bureaucracy and decision-making after the Cold War and its analytical framework of 'internationalization' draws largely on neo-institutionalist insights.

1. Introduction: NATO as an Organization and Bureaucracy; Sebastian Mayer PART I: THE ORIGINS OF NATO AND ITS BUREAUCRATIC DEVELOPMENT DURING THE COLD WAR 2. From London to Brussels: Emergence and Development of a Politico-Administrative System; Gustav Schmidt 3. Institutionalizing NATO's Military Bureaucracy: The Making of an Integrated Chain of Command; Dieter Krüger PART II: CHANGING SECURITY CHALLENGES AND NATO'S NEW IDENTITY 4. Post-Bipolar Challenges: New Visions and New Activities; Trine Flockhart 5. Self-Presentation and Impression Management: NATO's New Public Diplomacy; Odette Tomescu-Hatto PART III: NATO'S POST-COLD WAR BUREAUCRACY, CONSENSUS-BUILDING, AND DECISION-MAKING 6. NATO Decision-Making: The 'Consensus Rule' Endures Despite Challenges; Leo G. Michel 7. The Changing Role of NATO's Secretary General; Ryan C. Hendrickson 8. Coping with Complexity: Informal Political Forums at NATO's Headquarters; Sebastian Mayer and Olaf Theiler 9. Enduring Rules, Changing Practices: NATO's Post-Cold War Military Committee and International Military Staff; Jo G. Gade and Paal Sigurd Hilde 10. Perfectly Flawed? The Evolution of NATO's Force Generation Process; John R. Deni 11. The Impact of NATO's Defence Planning and Force Generation on Member States; Christian Tuschhoff PART IV. NATO'S RELATIONS WITH THIRD-PARTY ACTORS 12. NATO's Troubled Relations with Partner Organizations. A Resource Dependence Explanation; Rafael Bierman 13. In the Line of Fire: NATO-NGO Relations from Bosnia to Afghanistan; M. J. Williams 14. Partners vs. Members? NATO as an Arena for Coalitions; Janne Haaland Matláry PART V: EXTERNAL POWER STRUCTURES AND GLOBAL SECURITY 15. Informal Cooperation Beyond the Alliance; Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni 16. NATO's Transformation and Global Security; Sean Kay and Magnus Petersson 17. Conclusion: NATO's Transformed Provision of Security; Sebastian Mayer