NATO

Examples of NATO in the following topics:

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

  • Originally created in response to the Soviet threat, NATO is an intergovernmental mutual defense organization.
  • This Treaty formally created NATO.
  • The Lisbon conference sought to provide the forces necessary for NATO's Long-Term Defence Plan.
  • In 1954, the Soviet Union suggested that it should join NATO to preserve peace in Europe.
  • The September 2001 attacks signalled the only occasion in NATO's history that Article 5 of the North Atlantic treaty has been invoked as an attack on all NATO members.

• NATO and the Warsaw Pact

  • In 1954, the Soviet Union suggested that it should join NATO to preserve peace in Europe.
  • The NATO countries, fearing that the Soviet Union's motive was to weaken the alliance, ultimately rejected this proposal.
  • While the Warsaw Pact was established as a balance of power or counterweight to NATO, there was no direct confrontation between them.
  • Both NATO and the Warsaw Pact led to the expansion of military forces and their integration into the respective blocs.
  • Compare the two networks established by NATO and the Warsaw Pact

• The Balkans

  • The violent outbreaks in Bosnia, Yugoslavia, and Kosovo ended with NATO air strikes led by the Clinton administration.
  • In March 24, 1999, NATO forces, led by the United States, began launching the bombardment of Yugoslavia.
  • NATO air strikes devastated Yugoslavia.
  • It was the first time in NATO's history that its forces had attacked a European country and the first time in which air power alone won a battle.
  • In June 1999 NATO and Yugoslav military leaders approved an international peace plan for Kosovo, and the attacks were suspended after Serb forces withdrew from Kosovo.

• Collective Military Force

  • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the best known collective defense organization .
  • As a global military and economic superpower, the US has taken charge of leading many of NATO's initiatives and interventions.
  • The 11 September attacks in the United States caused NATO to invoke its collective defense article for the first time.
  • In 2003, NATO took command of ISAF (International Security Assistance Force), which was the group of international troops operating in Afghanistan.
  • This picture depicts a commander passing the NATO flag during a change of command in Afghanistan.

• Terrorism

  • These attacks marked the beginning of the "War on Terror," an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom (with the support of NATO and non-NATO allies) against Al-Qaeda and other associated militant organizations with the stated goal of eliminating them.

• The Cold War and Containment

  • The word containment is associated most strongly with the policies of United States President Harry Truman (1945–53), including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact.
  • Central programs begun under containment, including NATO and nuclear deterrence, remained in effect even after the end of the war.

• International Humanitarian Policies and Foreign Aid

  • In particular, some argue that the 1999 NATO intervention in Kosovo was conducted largely to boost NATO's credibility.
  • In this humanitarian intervention, NATO forces intervened in Kosovo.

• Superpower Rivalry

  • -Soviet lines was reflected in the NATO and Warsaw Pact military alliances, respectively.
  • Blue states are NATO members or U.S.

• References

  • NATO ASI series.

• Containment

  • President Harry Truman (1945–53), including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact.
  • Central programs begun under containment, including NATO and nuclear deterrence, remained in effect even after the end of the war.
  • Truman followed up his speech with a series of measures to contain Soviet influence in Europe, including the Marshall Plan and NATO, a military alliance between the U.S. and Western European nations.