Introduction
From space to spatialization
Identity, security, and the inescapability of the political
Reading\writing NATO
Mapping the post-Cold War order: from the London declaration to the strategic concept
The "home-coming": NATO and the Central and Eastern European states
From pangolin to partner: the re-construction of Russia
Arc of tension and crisis: the South and the Mediterranean
"Out of area or out of business": Bosnia and the deconstruction of NATO
NATO unlimited : the Washington summit 1999
Deconstructing the West: NATO in the age of terrorism
Conclusion.