Flexible Expansion: NATO Enlargement in an Era of Austerity and Uncertainty

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FLEXIBLE EXPANSION

NATO Enlargement in an Era of Austerity and Uncertainty

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Flexible Expansion

NATO Enlargement in an Era of Austerity and Uncertainty

Foreign Policy Papers

July 2013

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