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The chapter analyzes the evolving significance of the maritime domain for NATO in the post-Cold War period. Gade and Hilde argue that NATO’s maritime operations shifted from mainly international crisis management operations in the 1990s, to anti-piracy operations in the late 2000s. While naval doctrine only caught up around 2010, Gade and Hilde find that the six navies analyzed—the UK, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway—have changed in line with threat perceptions and today are small, but overall modern, capable, and flexible. The Ukraine crisis and Russia’s naval resurgence have shifted threat perceptions, but are unlikely to shift NATO’s maritime strategy fully away from emphasizing multiple challenges and flexibility.
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Gade, J.G., Hilde, P.S. (2016). NATO and the Maritime Domain. In: Bekkevold, J., Till, G. (eds) International Order at Sea. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58663-6_6
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