Number: 97-249 Title: NATO Enlargement and the Former European Neutrals Authors: Stanley R. Sloan, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Abstract: With the NATO enlargement process now underway, Europe's former neutral states--Austria, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ireland--are reevaluating the role they should play in the changing European security setting. Congress might wish to consider how the enlargement process might affect decisions by the former neutrals about their relationship to, and potential membership in, the Alliance. Pages: 6 Date: Updated April 8, 1998