Andrew A. Michta

The soldier-citizen : the politics of the Polish army after communism

Acknowledgments Introduction Civil-Military Relations Theory and the Polish Case Polish Military Tradition The Military Reform, 1990-2005 Civil-Military Relations: The Policies and the Politics Conclusion Index

The Future of NATO: Regional Defense and Global Security

The conclusion of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Afghanistan in 2014 closes an important chapter in the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In this volume, European and US experts examine a range of perennial issues facing the Alliance, including relations with Russia, NATOs institutional organization and command structure, and the role of the United States in the Alliance, in order to show how these issues shape todays most pressing debate - the debate over the balance between NATOs engagement in security operations globally and traditional defense within the North-Atlantic region. The volumes contributors propose that NATO can indeed find a viable balance between competing, but not inherently incompatible, strategic visions. A theoretically informed, empirical account and analysis of NATOs recent evolution, this volume will appeal to both security scholars and practitioners from the policy community.