Repairing NATO's motors
Repairing NATO's motors
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修理北约的发动机
DOI：
10.1111/1468-2346.12140
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
WEBBER M
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作者：
WEBBER M
北约在焦虑和不确定的情绪中走向下一次峰会（将于2014年9月在威尔士的纽波特举行）。这不仅仅是因为北约在阿富汗和乌克兰问题上被问到了一些有说服力的问题，而是因为支撑北约的这两个引擎现在显示出了相当大的磨损迹象。第一个动机与目的原则有关。这包括北约在过去25年中有意识地追求的活动（或目的）：即行动、扩大、伙伴关系、跨大西洋主义和安全。第二个是功能原则：换句话说，北约保持运转的手段。在这方面，美国的领导力、凝聚力和信任、责任分担和信誉都很重要。这些发动机不会完全崩溃（北约有潜在的优势，这使得不太可能），但他们确实需要关注。北约的健康状况要求它专注于一系列核心任务，本文称之为准备、保证和更新。这三项任务涉及的是巩固和维护议程，而不是扩大任务。但这不是一个保守的议程;抓住优先次序和重点的棘手问题本身就需要一定的远见和企业。成功地管理，这是一个议程，将维护和加强北约在这个日益困难的时期。
NATO moves toward its next summit (to be held in Newport, Wales in September 2014) in a mood of anxiety and uncertainty. This is not simply because telling questions are being asked of the alliance in relation to Afghanistan and Ukraine, but because the twin motors which have sustained NATO now show signs of considerable wear and tear. The first of these motors relates to principles of purpose. This encompasses the activities (or purposes) which NATO has consciously pursued in the last 25 years: namely, operations, enlargement, partnership, transatlanticism and security. The second is principles of function: the means, in other words, by which NATO is kept in motion. Here, American leadership, cohesion and trust, burden-sharing and credibility all matter. These motors are not about to completely break down (NATO has underlying strengths which make that unlikely) but they do need attention. NATO's good health requires it to focus on a series of core tasks—what this article refers to as readiness, reassurance and renewal. These three tasks speak to an agenda of consolidation and preservation, rather than one of task expansion. But this is not a conservative agenda; grasping the nettle of prioritization and focus requires, in itself, a certain foresight and enterprise. Managed successfully, it is an agenda that will preserve and strengthen NATO in what are increasingly troubled times.