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Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsTwo Tiers or Two Speeds? The European Security Order and the Enlargement of the European Union and NATO. James Sperling Eric MlynEric Mlyn Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 63, Number 3Aug., 2001 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/jop.63.3.2691748 Views: 6Total views on this site Copyright 2001 Southern Political Science AssociationPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Summary The expansion of NATO has raised issues of fundamental importance for the future of European security architecture, including the question of the role and the value of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The author argues that NATO expansion, rather than marginalising the OSCE, actually makes it more important than ever. Whereas NATO remains an essentially military alliance, the OSCE in both its charter and purposes, is a political organisation focused on the crucial tasks of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution and democracy building. The OSCE's comprehensive approach to security makes it a unique complementary body which can serve to ease the burdens of NA TO expansion by offering a far wider range of countries a place at the European security table. In order to maximise the potential of the OSCE, the United States must live up to the spirit of its commitments and pursue a more proactive and meaningful involvement.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsIdeas and International Political Change: Soviet/Russian Behavior and the End of the Cold War. Jeffrey Checkel Eric MlynEric Mlyn Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 60, Number 1Feb., 1998 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2648033 Views: 4Total views on this site Copyright 1998 University of Texas PressPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

(1996). The OSCE, the United States and European security. European Security: Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 426-447.

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Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsThe War Puzzle. John A. Vasquez Eric MlynEric Mlyn Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 57, Number 3Aug., 1995 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2960220 Views: 3Total views on this site Copyright 1995 University of Texas PressPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The puzzle that intrigues us is the source of interests that guide the state in instances of state autonomy. We argue that one important source of these interests is ideas: When relative state autonomy exists over long periods of time, there is a strong likelihood of a privileged idea that informs state interests. State actors direct state policy during autonomous periods by adopting and privileging particular ideas (institutionalization), resulting in policy outcomes reflecting these now privileged ideas. This argument is examined in two case studies: nuclear weapons targeting since World War II, guided by counterforce, and federal public lands forestry policy since 1900, guided by technocratic utilitarianism.

The puzzle that intrigues us is the source of interests that guide the state in instances of state autonomy. We argue that one important source of these interests is ideas: When relative state autonomy exists over long periods of time, there is a strong likelihood of a privileged idea that informs state interests. State actors direct state policy during autonomous periods by adopting and privileging particular ideas (institutionalization), resulting in policy outcomes reflecting these now privileged ideas. This argument is examined in two case studies: nuclear weapons targeting since World War II, guided by counterforce, and federal public lands forestry policy since 1900, guided by technocratic utilitarianism.

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