"Published with the cooperation of the North Atlantic Assembly." Includes index.

The first forty years / A.W. DePorte -- The United States and NATO : enduring interests and negotiable bargains / Catherine McArdle Kelleher -- Is NATO still in Europe's interest? / Michael Stuermer -- The new Soviet foreign policy approach : challenges to and opportunities for the West / Dimitri K. Simes -- Public opinion and the alliance : European and American perspectives on NATO and European security / Stephen F. Szabo -- Defense burdensharing : European and Canadian contributions to NATO's defenses / David Greenwood -- Measuring U.S. contributions to NATO defense / Lawrence Korb -- European defense cooperation and NATO's future / Francois Heisbourg -- Rebuild or decay : the future of the European security system (A French perspective) / Pierre Lellouche.