Empire on Demand

Explores NATO's expanded influence now reaching as far as the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan as well as the ironies of its predicted demise at the same time that it is experiencing global demand for its services as the unique supplier of western liberal and democratic norms through political and military means. But NATO's new activism may also be pointing toward a lack of Western strategy that discriminates between worthwhile and impractical operations by balancing political ends with military means, and this may lead to circumstances where NATO can no longer sustain its own multiple engagements. Adapted from the source document.