Endangered organizations widen memberships but never cede control of their domains.

Evidence

Finally, we can also expect efforts to strengthen existing ties with resource providers and to expand the base of support for the alliance. As mentioned above, taking on new missions valued by alliance members is one path to strengthen support, but one would not be surprised if the organization were to consider expanding the membership of the alliance as a means of widening its circle of supporters. Such outreach efforts, though, would not be expected to involve any sharing of functions with, or ceding of policy domains to, others as that increases the risk of losing control of the organization’s policy domain and authority. Similarly, we would not expect NATO to agree with its critics that its mission was complete—organizational suicide is not widely seen. — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 78

Categorization

• XREF: Predicts actual post-Cold War NATO history: eastward enlargement to gain new members, refusal to cede operational control to the EU or UN. — connects to: An ossified revolutionary group can only be replaced, never renewed from within — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 536; Organizations rarely sustain attention that is simultaneously vigilant and pluralist — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 344

Broader Connections

• Organizations rarely sustain attention that is simultaneously vigilant and pluralist #complicates (0.75) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 344
• An ossified revolutionary group can only be replaced, never renewed from within #complicates (0.72) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 536