How has enlargement affected NATO as a military organization? This article explores the strategic and military consequences of expansion for NATO as a regional defense alliance. The article makes the case that by pursuing enlargement alongside internal adaptation efforts and by failing to reconcile the tensions resulting from expanding commitments while simultaneously drawing down military forces and shuttering commands, Western leaders’ choices in the 1990s set the stage for many of the strategic problems NATO faces today.

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二十年后：评估扩大对北约军事联盟的后果

扩大对北约作为军事组织有何影响？本文探讨了北约作为一个区域防卫联盟的扩张所带来的战略和军事后果。文章认为，西方领导人在寻求扩大和内部适应努力的同时，又未能调和因扩大承诺而导致的紧张局势，同时又缩编了军队和关闭了指挥部，因此在1990年代，西方领导人的​​选择为许多战略问题奠定了基础。北约今天要面对。