Title page -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Introduction by Martin Erdmann -- Introduction by Ljubica Jelusic -- Chapter II. NATO Enlargement into Central and North Central Europe -- East Germany: NATO's First Eastward Enlargement -- Czech Republic -- The Baltic States' Rocky Road to NATO -- Poland -- Hungary -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- A Scandinavian Perspective -- Chapter III. NATO Enlargement into South Eastern Europe -- Romania -- Bulgaria -- Croatia -- Albania -- Chapter IV. Further Enlargement into the Western Balkans and the CIS Area -- Macedonia -- Serbia -- Montenegro -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- NATO and the Balkans -- Ukraine Against Herself: To Be Euro-Atlantic, Eurasian, or Neutral? -- Russian Federation -- Chapter V. Strategic and Political Consequences of NATO Enlargement and the Alliance's Future -- On the Geostrategic Aspects of NATO's Enlargement -- On NATO's Post-Cold War Eastern Enlargement -- The Capabilities of the New Member States -- NATO's Demographic Dilemma -- Transatlantic Relations and NATO's Future -- Crisis or Renewal -- A Moment of Truth -- Rethinking NATO and EU Enlargement -- The Future of the Alliance -- Author Index.