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NATO Enlargement: Cost Implications for the United States Remain Unclear

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 23, 1997
Report No. T-NSIAD-98-50
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Summary:

Recent estimates by the Pentagon, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the Rand Corporation of the cost to expand NATO have ranged from $10 billion to $125 billion. The actual cost of NATO enlargement remains unclear, however, and will depend on several factors, including the force and facility requirements of newly invited countries as well as the long-term security threat in Europe. This testimony discusses (1) current U.S. costs to support NATO's common budgets and other funding that supports relations with Central and East European nations and promotes NATO enlargement; (2) NATO's defense planning process, which will form the basis for more definitive cost estimates for an enlarged alliance; and (3) the recent Defense Department study of NATO expansion versus studies done by CBO and the Rand Corporation.

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