Abstract
The aim of the article is to analyze the two institutional set-ups that have evolved within the framework of transatlantic security relations. First, it is NATO, which was created in 1949 as a military alliance whose original purpose was to counteract the threat posed by the Soviet Union and to control Germany by anchoring the United States on the European continent. Since then, and especially since the end of the Cold War, NATO has undergone a process of transformation, but a number of primary functions continue to be extremely important. Individual theories of international relations (neorealism, neoliberal institutionalism, social constructivism) interpret the changes in NATO differently. Second, an alternative institutional set-up to NATO may be security and defence relations between the European Union and the United States. It is more potential because the Union still has problems with its actorness in international politics.
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