Introduction: alliances, "war on terrorism," and weapons of mass destruction / Hall Gardner -- pt. 1. The strategic impact of September 11. Asymmetrical conflict : a critical assessment / Marwan Bishara -- From "balance" to "imbalance" of terror / Hall Gardner -- pt. 2. The future of NATO. Thinking about and beyond NATO / Simon Serfaty -- NATO's 2002 enlargement : US-allied views on European security / Marco Rimanelli -- Looking down the road : NATO-EU relations in the age of intelligence and the "age of access" / Alexis Debat -- The EU and NATO enlargement : a Russian view / Nadia Alexandrova Arbatova -- A MAP for Russia / Ira Straus -- pt. 3. NATO, the EU and the "war on terrorism". Toward new Euro-Atlantic Euro-Mediterranean security communities / Hall Gardner -- Dealing with terrorism : the EU and NATO / Karsten D. Voigt -- German perceptions on the "war against terrorism" in a historical perspective / Norbert Baas -- Six dimensions of the growing transatlantic divide : are the US and Europe definitively driving themselves apart? / Marcel Van Herpen -- pt. 4. "War on terrorism" : regional and global ramifications. Central Asia and the West after September 11 / Robert M. Cutler -- Russia and the US in the new balance of power in Central Asia / Anton Koslov -- Kashmir and a new cold war / Sten Widmalm -- Iran and the new threats in the Persian Gulf and Middle East since 9/11 / Steven Ekovich -- Preclusive war with Iraq : regional and global ramifications / Hall Gardner.