CIAO DATE: 09/2014
September 2013
Few people care today to make reference to the competition for power and prestige among Europe's great powers. Europe is a job well done - whole and free, as the saying goes. NATO, yesterday's custodian of regional order, has shifted its focus accordingly, concentrating on globalized security threats, crisis management, and cooperative security.
Resource link: Germany Is More Than Europe Can Handle: Or, Why NATO Remains a Pacifier [PDF] - 1018K