{"title":"Is NATO Brain Dead?","authors":"Muhammed Can","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch002","url":null,"abstract":"Turkey has always been a strategic member of NATO, not just because of its military prowess as a regional power but also because of its geostrategic location. However, President Erdogan's assertive foreign policy decisions predominantly in conflicts in Libya and the East Mediterranean Sea laid bare vulnerabilities among the NATO members. Moreover, President Emmanuel Macron's warnings regarding the decreasing role of NATO intensified controversies between Turkey and allied members. This chapter seeks to find answers with regard to underlying domestic factors of Turkish foreign policy. It conceptualizes the term ‘patronal politics' in the context of Turkish politics that have prevailed in former Soviet Republics for decades.","PeriodicalId":221938,"journal":{"name":"NATO and the Future of European and Asian Security","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133112333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cyber Warfare and NATO's New Security Concept","authors":"İbrahim Hakan Karataş","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch016","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyzes NATO's efforts for defending itself and member states against cyberattacks originating from cyber space, which is the fourth domain of operations now, and the smartization of defense policies, respectively. It then elucidates whether the cyber defence can be ensured via practicing the smart defence paradigm. While the smart defence is already applied in military production and operations, and there is some success to a certain extent, to what extent smartizing cyber defence will be successful is a question whose answer is yet to be found. This chapter searches for the answer by applying NATO's smart defence concept to its cyber defence domain and tries to learn the possibility of the achievement of the new paradigm. In addition, it lays down its proposals such as imitating successful models and enlarging NATO so that it can include other partners in cyber space. Methodologically, a literature review was used to prepare the chapter.","PeriodicalId":221938,"journal":{"name":"NATO and the Future of European and Asian Security","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116618990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jihadist Hybrid War as an Asymmetric Military Threat to the Euro-Atlantic Security System","authors":"V. Maisaia","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch009","url":null,"abstract":"There are many transformations in developing and understanding military strategy, and new realities have delivered fresh trends in analyzing, planning, performing, and reviewing combat operations. The transformation in military strategic thoughts is affiliated with the new conception of the Fourth Generation Warfare, adopted at the turn of 20th and the 21st centuries. According to some academic conceptualizations, Fourth Generation Warfare is defined as military conflicts that involve the following elements: high technology, terrorism, a non-national or transitional base, a direct attack on enemy's culture, highly sophisticated psychological warfare especially through manipulation of the media, deliver of a high-intensity, short duration attack and creating a sense of vulnerability, debilitation, and abasement in the enemy.","PeriodicalId":221938,"journal":{"name":"NATO and the Future of European and Asian Security","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121400972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The West, Russia, and the Baltic Sea Security in the 2020s in the Light of Danish Foreign Policy","authors":"C. S. Christensen","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch013","url":null,"abstract":"The West as well as Moscow challenges the foundations of the European security order. The security order was established shortly after the end of the Cold War in 1990. While growing instability looms over the Baltic Sea region, all the states there should maintain at least low-level regional cooperation with Russia to prevent any further escalation of security tensions. The chapter analyses the West, Russia, and the Baltic Sea Security in the light of Danish foreign policy and the future tasks for NATO in the Baltic Sea area in the 2020s. One key question for the European security community is whether today's confrontation between the EU member states and Russia is the end of its spread to the Baltic Sea region, including Russian districts, and the beginning of a return of geopolitical rivalry in the region. The chapter argues that while each role depicts Denmark as a fringe Nordic country, Nordicness continues to be important, but mostly uncredited, as a source of ideas for Danish foreign policy.","PeriodicalId":221938,"journal":{"name":"NATO and the Future of European and Asian Security","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127900406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"France's Role Within NATO","authors":"Karim Belgacem","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch004","url":null,"abstract":"NATO is “brain dead.” With these statements, President Macron shocked most of the member states of the Atlantic alliance. But wouldn't this observation be tinged with realism with the announced withdrawal of the United States from this alliance? The recent attempt at rapprochement between the French President and Vladimir Putin confirms the change of the French paradigm and the will of its president to “move the lines.” Russia's annexation of Crimea and NATO's potential extension to Ukraine have only strained NATO-Russia relations further. This chapter will analyze France's role within NATO since its creation, Franco-Russian relations since the tenure of General de Gaulle in 1958, and the arrival of Emmanuel Macron in 2017. It will put reintegration into perspective of France in the integrated command of NATO, and its two-headed attitude, namely the transatlantic rapprochement but also a realistic observation on the usefulness and the current role of NATO. Will France have an important role to play in the future of NATO?","PeriodicalId":221938,"journal":{"name":"NATO and the Future of European and Asian Security","volume":"64 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133074207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-State Actors and Weapons of Mass Destruction","authors":"V. Maisaia","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7118-7.ch012","url":null,"abstract":"The Black Sea currently has been becoming a stunning and dangerous spot in confrontation between the Russian Federation and the USA. The confrontation caused fragmentation in the geostrategic equilibrium and balance of power between NATO and the Russian Federation in the Black Sea Region, and considering flexing muscles, including with strategic armament, the “New Cold War” scenario's ramifications could stagger regional geopolitics into the most dramatic wargame arena. Moreover, in conjunction with traditional military threats mentioned above are coming out on the scene so-called “non-traditional” military threats – international terrorism, drug smuggling and drug cartel activation, aggressive separatism, violent non-state actors, etc. Hence, the situation in aegis of the wider Black Sea region includes areas such as MENA, Caucasus-Caspian, and South-East Europe with involvement of non-state actors (like Al-Qaida, DAESH, and even Taliban). This could increase the geopolitical stalemate with inclusion of WMD elements (notable biological agents and so-called “dirty bombs”).","PeriodicalId":221938,"journal":{"name":"NATO and the Future of European and Asian Security","volume":"219 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123028684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}