Mary Sarotte (Johns Hopkins University)

Security Studies Program Wednesday Seminar

Newly available sources, declassified because of Prof. Sarotte’s appeals, show how the 1993-95 debate over the best means of expanding NATO unfolded inside the Clinton administration.  These sources make apparent that, during a critical decision-making period twenty-five years ago, supporters of a relatively swift conferral of full membership to a narrow range of countries outmaneuvered proponents of a slower, phased conferral of limited membership to a wide range of states.  In this seminar, Prof. Sarotte will draw on both her previous publications and her current work-in-progress to examine these events and their legacy.