TY - BOOK ID - 11297883 TI - The future of NATO expansion PY - 2003 SN - 1280430923 9786610430925 0511204760 0511180624 0511061919 0511509952 0511307608 0511070373 1107136652 9780511061912 052182169X 9780511509957 9780521821698 052182169X 9781107405189 1107405181 9781280430923 6610430926 9780511204760 9780511180620 9780511307607 9780511070372 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - North Atlantic Treaty Organization-- Europe, Eastern. KW - Military & Naval Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Armies KW - North Atlantic Treaty Organization KW - Membership. KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Defenses. KW - North Atlantic treaty organisation KW - East Europe KW - Eastern Europe KW - NAVO KW - OTAN KW - #SBIB:041.AANKOOP KW - #SBIB:327.7H32 KW - #SBIB:REFCOLL2003 KW - Bondgenootschappen: NAVO / NATO KW - NATO KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11297883 AB - In 1999 three East-Central European states (Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic) gained membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Professor Barany argues that, once it began, the Alliance should continue the enlargement process. Nevertheless he maintains that only states that satisfy NATO's membership criteria should be allowed to join. Through an extensive analysis of four countries, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia who, at the time of the book's original publication in 2003 were NATO aspirants, Barany demonstrates that they were in several important respects unprepared for membership and that there was no pressing reason for NATO's haste. Barany argues that while NATO should be clear that its doors remain open to qualified candidates, the Alliance should hold off further expansion until prospective members will become assets rather than liabilities. ER -