NATO adapts tasks to persist, as organizational resources enable institutional survival.

Evidence

Although Keohane later blurs the distinction between organizations and institutions (and their possibly different selfinterests), by noting “Institutionalists would expect NATO to use its organizational resources to persist, by changing its tasks,” my approach here distinguishes between organizations and institutions. — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 106

Categorization

• QUESTION: How cleanly can organizational self-interest vs member-state interest be separated in explaining NATO task-shifting?
• XREF: connects to: NATO’s survival hinges on member states continuing to benefit from it — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 101; NATO survived the cold war’s end due to institutionalization, not merely threats — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 152; NATO’s institutionalization beyond mutual defense explains its persistence after its founding threat vanished. — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 107 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• NATO’s institutionalization beyond mutual defense explains its persistence after its founding threat vanished. #corroborates (0.97) — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 107
• NATO’s dense institutionalization beyond mutual defense is what made it survive its founding threat. #corroborates (0.96) — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 107
• NATO survived the cold war’s end due to institutionalization, not merely threats #corroborates (0.95) — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 152
• Organizations replace accomplished core missions with new tasks to survive. #expands (0.85) — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 77
• NATO positioned itself among rival security organizations to prove its continued relevance #exemplifies (0.80) — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 128
• International organizations adapt their functions to their members’ ongoing preferences. #expands (0.78) — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 112
• Institutions and traditions persist because they are conspicuous coordination solutions. #complicates (0.72) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 222
• Institutions can outlive their purposes while their former foot soldiers move on. #complicates (0.72) — Andrew Demshuk, The Lost German East, 1576