NATO’s role in nation-building
James Dobbins examines how NATO should work together with other international institutions in nation-building.

Afghanistan's transformational challenge
Diego A. Ruiz Palmer examines the impact of NATO’s engagement in Afghanistan on the Alliance’s wider transformation.

Improving linguistic interoperability
Mark Crossey considers the importance of language policy at NATO and its effects on interoperability based on the experience of Central and Eastern European countries.

Should NATO support UN operations?
Peter Viggo Jakobsen versus David Lightburn

Germany’s accession to NATO: 50 years on
Helga Haftendorn analyses the debates and events surrounding Germany’s accession to NATO 50 years ago.

Reinventing NATO (yet again) politically
Ronald D. Asmus examines the remake that NATO requires to meet the challenges of the post-post Cold War era that are centred beyond Europe.

Improving civil-military cooperation the Danish way
Kristian Fischer and Jan Top Christensen describe how Denmark seeks to optimise civil-military cooperation in peace operations and how this experience might be useful to other Allies and NATO.

Diaspora and Yugoslavia’s downfall
Thomas Yde reviews two recent books examining the role of Balkan émigrés in the wars of Yugoslavia’s dissolution.

ESDP transformed?
Jean-Yves Haine assesses the evolution of the European Security and Defence Policy and the military transformation required for Europe to become an effective crisis manager.