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NATO and the EU ‘Neutrals’ — Instrumental or Value-Oriented Utility?

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NATO: The Power of Partnerships

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It has been underscored several times that NATO partnership policy is, and has always been, something more than a preparation, or a waiting room, for NATO membership. In a speech in Munich in February 1995, for example, NATO Secretary General Willy Claes described the PfP program as a political project: ‘The fact that former neutrals such as Sweden, Finland (and soon also Austria) are part of this endeavor only serves to underline the unique role of our Alliance as an agent of political change’ (Claes, 1995).

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  1. Norwegian Defence University College, Norway

    Håkan Edström (Lecturer and Researcher) (Lecturer and Researcher)

  2. Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway

    Janne Haaland Matlary (Professor of International Politics) (Professor of International Politics)

  3. The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway

    Magnus Petersson (Senior Research Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow)

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Petersson, M. (2011). NATO and the EU ‘Neutrals’ — Instrumental or Value-Oriented Utility?. In: Edström, H., Matlary, J.H., Petersson, M. (eds) NATO: The Power of Partnerships. New Security Challenges Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297500_6

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