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This innovative volume applies cutting-edge critical theories—including feminist, queer and human security perspectives—to analyse NATO's evolving role as a security and defence institution.
Moving beyond traditional problem-solving approaches, it features diverse international contributors and employs a comprehensive methodological toolkit from discourse analysis to creative research methods. It also reveals how social, political and geopolitical forces shape NATO whilst examining its transformative impact on global affairs.
Essential reading for scholars and practitioners of international relations, security studies and critical theory, this collection offers fresh insights into one of the world's most influential political-military alliances through an inclusive, multi-perspective lens.
Sorana-Cristina Jude is a Lecturer in Defence Studies at King’s College London and the Joint Services Command and Staff College of the Defence Academy of the UK.
Katharine A. M. Wright is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University, UK and a Fulbright Scholar and Research Fellow on the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Foreword - Irene Fellin
1. NATO: A Critical Approach - Sorana-Cristina Jude and Katharine A. M. Wright
2. Security of the Baltic Islands - Christine Agius, Emil Edenborg and Sanna Strand
3. Changing Political and Societal Discourse in the Context of NATO Accession: A Focus on Finland - Minna Lyytikäinen, Johanna Ketola & Leena Vastapuu
4. Allyship and State Identity in NATO - Sorana-Cristina Jude
5. Allyship and the Everyday Practices of Multinationalism in NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence - Andris Banka
6. Place Based Resistance and the Politics of Security in Everyday Encounters with NATO - Chloë Barker
7. Operationalizing NATO’s Women, Peace and Security and Human Security Agendas - Samantha Turner
8. NATO, Space and Creative Approaches for Alliance Building - Michael Mulvihill
9. Public Diplomacy and Visualizing the NATO Secretary General - Katharine A. M. Wright, Nick Randall, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Chloë Barker and Alia Middleton
10. Allyship and LGBTQ+ Rights at NATO - Matthew Hurley
11. Conclusion: What’s Critical for a Critical Take on NATO in These Times of Trouble? - Maria Mälksoo