Abstract
Abstract : The United States has been a charter member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the last four decades. With the recent collapse of the Soviet led Warsaw Pact alliance and the Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) agreement the very basis for U.S. membership in NATO is being questioned. The long term future of Germany's participation in NATO is under serious scrutiny both within and outside Germany. The 1994 pullout of Soviet forces from previously East Germany will have severe implications on future basing of NATO soldiers in the now united Germany. This paper explores the role of NATO in the future and what the level of U.S. commitment should be. The paper concludes with the recommendation that NATO shift from a military focus to a political one and that U.S. forces be pulled out of Germany and locate to Belgium and the Netherlands. A recommended structure of U.S. forces to comply with the proposed reduction of unified commands is presented.
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