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.

• 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.

• Superpower Rivalry

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

• The "New World Order"

  • Implications for NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and European integration were subsequently included.
  • Pursuant to superpower cooperation, a new role for NATO was forecast, with the organization perhaps changing into a forum for negotiation and treaty verification, or even a wholesale dissolution of NATO and the Warsaw Pact following the resurrection of the four-power framework from WWII (i.e. the U.S., United Kingdom, France, and Russia).

• 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.

• Containment in Foreign Policy

  • President Harry Truman (1945–53), including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact.
  • Central programs 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, or European Recovery Program, and NATO, a military alliance between the U.S. and Western European nations created in 1949.

• Conclusion: Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War

  • The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states).
  • The USSR consolidated its control over the states of the Eastern Bloc, while the United States began a strategy of global containment to challenge Soviet power, extending military and financial aid to the countries of Western Europe (for example, supporting the anti-communist side in the Greek Civil War) and creating the NATO alliance.
  • The Truman Doctrine became the foundation of American foreign policy, and led, in 1949, to the formation of NATO, a military alliance that is still in effect.
  • Among other effects, the Korean War galvanised NATO to develop a military structure.

• NATO and the Militarization and Interventions Abroad

• The War on Terror

  • The War on Terror (also known as the Global War on Terror) is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other NATO and non-NATO countries.

• The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

  • The Truman Doctrine became the foundation of American foreign policy, and led, in 1949, to the formation of NATO, a military alliance that is still in effect.
  • The effect was to end the Communist threat, and in 1952 both countries (Greece and Turkey) joined NATO, a military alliance that guaranteed their protection.