On The United States And Europe Debate Over Nato's Eastward Expansion And Cooperation

The end of the cold war caused the international political structure to have a great change. NATO, the effective instrument of the cold war, began to face the new challenge and its validity of existence had been suspected. Under such circumstances, NATO, in which the United States took the leading role during the cold war period, was apt to expand eastward, hoping to fulfill the task of changing its function from a military political organization to a political military organization, and to seek out the reason to continue existing in the Europe after the cold war. However, the enlargement of NATO was not as smooth as one had expected. The United States and its European allies had debates and co operations as well on the enlargement. In fact, these debates and co operations on NATO enlargement really took very important role in the plan and the implementation of the enlargement strategy.During the process of the NATO expansion, from the time when the enlargement was put forward to Madrid Summit, the United States, concerning the global strategy after the cold war, positively advocated NATO enlargement, in order to sustain its national security in the post cold war era. Germany, as the nearest country to the former Warsaw Pact countries in NATO, hoped that East Central European countries could join the Western camp. At the beginning, Germany wished to achieve the goal through the European Union enlargement. Only when Germany suffered great difficulties in expanding European Union, did it turn its attention to NATO enlargement. On account of maintaining the status of the European great country and some historical reasons, France considered that the status and the role of NATO should decrease. So from the very beginning, France employed various ways to oppose NATO enlargement. However, France could not hold up the process of NATO enlargement, which was under US control, for the reason that European security still needed NATO military protection. All the facts proved that the United States still acted as the leading part in Europe;France and any other European countries could not reverse the fact that United States would continue to lead the Europe after the cold war. But simultaneously, the United States had to make careful balance on the opinions of its European allies to avoid making any decision that they (especially France) could not accept. Too some extent America's control over Europe has decreased since the end of cold war, and America could not exist in Europe successfully without European co operation. Therefore, during the process of NATO enlargement, US Europe relations take on the mode of "debates and co operations", which will keep on maintaining in the near future. {{END END }}目 录绪论 1第一章 美欧关于北约前途以及东扩的争论 3一,美欧在北约是否需要东扩问题上的争论 3二,美欧达成北约东扩共识的原因分析 12第二章 北约东扩的战略准备阶段(1990 1995) 16一,"接触战略"阶段(1990—1993) 16二,"�'�平伙伴关系"战略阶段(1993 1995) 19第三章 俄罗斯对北约东扩的态度�'�美欧对此反应 26一,俄罗斯对北约东扩的立场�'�态度 26二,美国对俄罗斯问题的处理:"软硬兼施" 28三,北约欧洲盟国对俄罗斯问题的处理 32四,"俄罗斯问题"的最后处理结果 35第四章 北约东扩的对象选择阶段 39一,美国在东扩对象选择上的看法 39二,欧洲盟国在东扩对象选择上的看法 41三,北约东扩对象选择的结...