John Andreas Olsen is a Colonel in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, a Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and a member of the RUSI Journal editorial board. He has published a series of books on NATO and air power, including the Routledge Handbook of Air Power (2018).

Preface Foreword by NATO Secretary General Photographs from NATO Archives Introduction: The Alliance for Our Times PART I: A History of NATO, 1949-2024 1. The Origins of NATO 2. NATO, 1949-1967 3. NATO, 1968-1989 4. NATO, 1990-2013 5. NATO, 2014-2024 PART II: Key Enduring Themes, 1949-2024 6. NATO's Military Transformations 7. A Nuclear Alliance 8. NATO, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation 9. Transatlantic Burden Sharing 10. Russian Security and Defence Policy from Stalin to Putin PART III: Military Operations, 1995-2024 11. NATO Air Power and the End of Bosnia's Civil War 12. NATO and Kosovo: Operation Allied Force, 1999 13. NATO Maritime Operations in the Mediterranean 14. NATO in Afghanistan, 2003-2021 15. NATO and Libya: Operation Unified Protector, 2011 PART IV: National Perspectives, 1949-2024 16. NATO and the United States 17. NATO and the United Kingdom 18. NATO and France 19. NATO and Germany 20. NATO and Türkiye PART V: Regional Perspectives, 1949-2024 21. NATO and the Northern Flank 22. NATO and the Eastern Flank 23. NATO and the Southern Flank 24. NATO and the European Union 25. NATO and Partnerships PART VI: Future Prospects, 2024- 26. Sustaining NATO's Political Cohesion 27. NATO's Deterrence and Defence: Protecting the Future 28. Emerging Security Challenges 29. NATO's China and Indo-Pacific Conundrum Appendix 1: NATO Secretary Generals: 1952-2024 Appendix 2: Supreme Allied Commanders, Europe: 1951-2024 Appendix 3: The North Atlantic Treaty, 1949 Appendix 4: The Alliance's New Strategic Concept (1991) Appendix 5: The Alliance's Strategic Concept (1999) Appendix 6: NATO 2010 Strategic Concept Appendix 7: NATO 2022 Strategic Concept