41. Projecting stability in practice? NATO’s new training mission in Iraq
- Author:
- Kevin Koehler
- Publication Date:
- 10-2018
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- NATO Defense College
- Abstract:
- Since the 2016 Warsaw Summit, the notion of projecting stability has made a return to NATO’s policy discourse. A central tenet of this agenda is the idea of securing the Alliance by stabilizing its periphery: “If our neighbours are more stable, we are more secure”, says the Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. At the core of this approach is therefore an attempt at shaping the security environment in NATO’s neighbourhood, relying to a significant extent on partnership with individual countries and other international organizations. But how does projecting stability work in practice? Can NATO develop a type of small-footprint, large-effect interaction with partners in its periphery? How can potential interest asymmetries between NATO and partners be addressed in this context? The new NATO
- Topic:
- NATO, Imperialism, Regional Cooperation, and Political stability
- Political Geography:
- Iraq, Europe, North Atlantic, Middle East, and North America