FPWATCH - Jeb Koogler of Foreign Policy Watch introduces the cases for and against the expansion of NATO. On one hand, NATO creates an incentive structure that encourages domestic and international stability. On the other hand, increasing the membership of NATO would alienate Russia, cost the US billions, and further polarize international alliances. Koogler also notes that the expansion of NATO has been encouraged, with success, by the Clinton and Bush administrations.
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POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVE - James G. Poulos, a doctoral candidate in government at Georgetown University, explains how international institutions create, for better or worse, path dependencies that set precedent and future function limitations. He concludes that NATO is not disappearing anytime soon, but acknowledges that it was created in an era that demanded very different functions.
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GORBYS CORNER - Alex Gourevitch, a Ph.D student in political science, discusses a recent announcement from within the organization that NATO should have nuclear strike capability. He uses this lead to argue America's mostly unilateral campaign in Iraq proves a use for NATO-a multinational force without a heavy UN-like bureaucracy that can be easily directed by few countries with common interests. He predicts that NATO will prove its function in coming years.
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