@article{bibcite_23152,
  keywords = {climate change, critical junctures, historical institutionalism, non-traditional threats, threat multiplier},
  author = {Amar Causevic and Ibrahim Al-Marashi},
  title = {NATO and Anthropogenic Strategic Security},
  abstract = {<p>By employing historical institutionalism, this article argues that anthropogenic risks (i.e., climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic) serve as a critical juncture for NATO in reorienting its sustainability strategies in response to climate fluctuations and potential insecurity arising from resource depletion. During the Cold War, NATO{\textquoteright}s main objective was to deter threats from states, mainly the Soviet Union. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Alliance turned to non-state actors (e.g., Al-Qaida, Somali pirates, and Russian hackers). Then, climate change and COVID-19 emerged as global security risks from natural, environmental phenomena. NATO had incrementally sought to address the threats from climate change, but COVID-19 served as an impetus to acknowledge insecurity caused by neither states nor non-state actors. The pandemic represented the Alliance{\textquoteright}s first significant mobilization of military assets on a regional (i.e., European level), for a sustained period, in response to a unique risk. Based on this experience, NATO needs a sustainable strategy to acknowledge anthropogenic risks and to prepare for future climate-related fluctuations and insecurity.</p>
},
  year = {2023},
  journal = {Connections: The Quarterly Journal},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {67-78},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.11610/Connections.22.1.16},
}