Julie Garey, Ph.D.

j.garey@northeastern.edu

Northeastern University

Country: United States (Massachusetts)

Research Interests

Foreign Policy

Conflict Processes & War

International Law & Organization

Military Intervention

NATO

Countries of Interest

United States

Publications:

Books Written:

(2019) The US Role in NATO’s Survival After the Cold War, Palgrave Macmillan

This book takes a new approach to answering the question of how NATO survived after the Cold War by examining its complex relationship with the United States. A closer look at major NATO engagements in the post-Cold War era, including in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, reveals how the US helped comprehensively reshape the alliance. In every conflict, there was tension between the United States and its allies over mission leadership, political support, legal precedents, military capabilities, and financial contributions. The author explores why allied actions resulted in both praise and criticism of NATO’s contributions from American policymakers, and why despite all of this and the growing concern over the alliance’s perceived shortcomings the United States continued to support the alliance. In addition to demonstrating the American influence on the alliance, this works demonstrates why NATO’s survival is beneficial to US interests.

Book Reviews:

(2018) How NATO Adapts: Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance Since 1950. Seth A. Johnston., Perspectives on Politics

Donald Trump’s remarks concerning the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its obsolescence during the 2016 American presidential campaign may have thrust the alliance into the popular spotlight, but the need for a more extensive and nuanced understanding of the organization has been a crucial weakness in international relations scholarship for decades. Seth Johnston’s How NATO Adapts: Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance Since 1950 untangles the puzzle of one of the most longstanding, well-institutionalized military alliances in the contemporary era. Supporting an institutionalist approach with extensive historical analysis and process tracing, Johnston provides compelling evidence to demonstrate the alliance’s ability to adapt, exercise power and autonomy, and define and execute its objectives independent of the member-states comprising it.