องค์การป้องกันแอตแลนติกเหนือ : ศึกษากรณีบทบาทของสหรัฐอเมริกาด้านความมั่นคงในยุโรปช่วงหลังสงครามเย็น (ค.ศ. 1991-1998) / นันทิดา บุรณศิริ = The North Atlantic Treaty Organization : a case study of American security roles in the post-cold war Europe (1991-1998) / Nantida Buranasiri
The purpose of this study is : 1. To study the American security strategy for Europe in the post-cold war. 2. To study the expansion of roles and responsibilities of NATO in the changing international environment. 3. To analyze American national interests in maintaining security roles in the post-cold war Europe. This study is based on the documentary research of the roles of organizations and institutions such as NATO and US Department of States, and other related primary sources, such as declarations and speeches of the so-called 'players' during the period under study. The results indicate that : 1. American foreign policy in Europe during the post-cold war is to maintain the status quo, i.e. the new security structure that would preserve the unity and solidarity between Europe and the United States. This policy requires their efforts to maintain NATO as the anchor for American security engagement in Europe and continued American leadership. 2. The United States and other NATO’s members are cooperating to maintain and expand NATO's roles and responsibilities in both theory and practice. In theory, the United States and Western Europe still consider a "safe" Europe from Russia necessary. In practice, NATO has incorporated Eastern Europe into its sphere through several mechanism, such as the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forced in Europe, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Partnership for Peace. 3. American vital national interests in Europe are military security and economic, social and cultural cooperation
