ロシア・ウクライナ戦争でも大きな岐路を迎えているNATO（北大西洋条約機構）の歩みを法・政治の両面から概観する初の研究ハンドブック。Written by thirty renowned international scholars and practitioners, chapters provide multidisciplinary insights into NATO's legal and political developments. Through a defined focus on the post-Cold War evolution of NATO, it provides various theoretical perspectives on the Alliance and assesses wider research efforts within NATO studies. From the Contents: Economic Theory (Shintaro Nakagawa, Toshihiro Ihori and Martin C. McGuire).