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More democracies in a Global NATO may lead to less legitimacy

New DIIS Report argues that NATO should tread cautiously towards a new global role

DIIS researchers Trine Flockhart and Kristian Søby Kristensen argue in a new DIIS Report “NATO and global Partnerships – to be global or to act globally?” that the future of NATO depends on the ability of the Alliance to combine a strategy of intervention – to act globally – with a broad strategy of integration – to be global. If NATO were to emphasize only the strategy of integration it would create a legitimacy deficit and increase tension with NATO’s non-democratic partners. 

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Updated: 27/03/08