Pursuing Strategy, 2012 NATO Operations from the Gulf War to Gaddafi New Security Challenges Series

Formulating a strategy involves complex interactions between politicians, strategic commanders and generals in the field. The authors explore the strategic decisions made during NATO missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Somalia and Libya.

From Strategy to Operations – or the Other Way Around?; H.Edström & D.Gyllensporre Painting the Theoretical Landscape; H.Edström & D.Gyllensporre The Development of a NATO Strategy in Bosnia-Herzegovina; K.Larsdotter NATO's Operation Allied Force: Strategic Concepts and Institutional Relationships; R.C.Hendrickson Cooperating with the European Union in Europe: Policy or Strategy?; H.Edström The Forgotten Dimension?: NATO and the Security of the Member States; M. Petersson The Evolution of NATO's Strategy in Afghanistan; B.Schreer NATO Engagements in Africa: is There a Strategy for the Continent?; D.Gyllensporre

RYAN C. HENDRICKSON Professor of Political Science at Eastern Illinois University, USA KERSTI LARSDOTTER Lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish National Defence College MAGNUS PETERSSON is Associate Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies of the Norwegian Defence University College BENJAMIN SCHREER Senior Lecturer in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at Australian National University