De-solidarisation of NATO?

A report by Rem Korteweg and Richard Podkolinski from the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies claim that a trend of de-solidarisation of NATO is observed.

The authors find eight strategic dilemmas for the Alliance:

• The impact of the shift to a multipolar system and the global economic recession on the Alliance’s credibility and capabilities, and the increasing global demand for security;
• NATO’s role in resource scarcity;
• The need for NATO to address proliferation and redefine its deterrent posture;
• The demand to increase NATO’s strategic ambitions;
• The difficulty to achieve success in Afghanistan;
• The discord over NATO’s strategic orientation;
• Divergent views on NATO enlargement;
• The discord over relations with Russia.

The authors believe that a new Alliance Strategic Concept must find a resolution to these dilemmas.