Introduction
The North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact were two defining features of the Cold War, formed early in the period and lasting the entire duration of the Cold War. Both treaties were initially formed with the predominant idea of mutual protection, as evidenced in NATO’s Washington Treaty article five, and the Warsaw Pact’s Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance’s similar article four. These two articles both state that an attack on one of the member states requires immediate assistance in whatever way is deemed necessary. As stated in both treaties, this may include armed force. This is one of the most obvious examples of the various similarities between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and it has been used …show more content…
International organisations fall into a category of “non-state actors that exist outside the traditional levels-of-analysis framework but have a marked impact on the international system.” Each individual international organisation has its own set of principles and rules that the members must abide by. In addition, international organisations function as instruments in upholding international law, as there is no single entity responsible for this on a global scale.
International organisations can be divided into different categories depending on their main priority and focus in the international community. NATO and the Warsaw Pact are examples of military and security oriented organisations. This differs from other international organisations, which may chose to focus on economics or trade, as exemplified by the European Union. When NATO was created, it signified a change in how the dynamics of the world would be adapting for the present time. Instead of relying on ones own strength as both a diplomat and military power, countries were uniting to create a more formidable force against any potential aggressors. The Warsaw Pact was a response to the underlying threat of what the NATO countries could threaten the Soviet Union …show more content…
For the Warsaw Pact, this mostly has to do with reform internally in the member states, especially in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev’s leadership. As the Soviet Union loosened the constraints on its own society as well as those of its satellite states, the Warsaw Pact lost the framework it had been operating under until that point. On the opposite side, the NATO members recognized the need for reform when the end of the Cold War was imminent. The Warsaw Pact members could have undertaken similar actions, even if some had chosen to leave the treaty. Deciding to leave implies that there was some decision made internally where a majority of the countries decided that the Warsaw Pact was not serving their purposes as well as it ought
The North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact were two defining features of the Cold War, formed early in the period and lasting the entire duration of the Cold War. Both treaties were initially formed with the predominant idea of mutual protection, as evidenced in NATO’s Washington Treaty article five, and the Warsaw Pact’s Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance’s similar article four. These two articles both state that an attack on one of the member states requires immediate assistance in whatever way is deemed necessary. As stated in both treaties, this may include armed force. This is one of the most obvious examples of the various similarities between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and it has been used …show more content…
International organisations fall into a category of “non-state actors that exist outside the traditional levels-of-analysis framework but have a marked impact on the international system.” Each individual international organisation has its own set of principles and rules that the members must abide by. In addition, international organisations function as instruments in upholding international law, as there is no single entity responsible for this on a global scale.
International organisations can be divided into different categories depending on their main priority and focus in the international community. NATO and the Warsaw Pact are examples of military and security oriented organisations. This differs from other international organisations, which may chose to focus on economics or trade, as exemplified by the European Union. When NATO was created, it signified a change in how the dynamics of the world would be adapting for the present time. Instead of relying on ones own strength as both a diplomat and military power, countries were uniting to create a more formidable force against any potential aggressors. The Warsaw Pact was a response to the underlying threat of what the NATO countries could threaten the Soviet Union …show more content…
For the Warsaw Pact, this mostly has to do with reform internally in the member states, especially in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev’s leadership. As the Soviet Union loosened the constraints on its own society as well as those of its satellite states, the Warsaw Pact lost the framework it had been operating under until that point. On the opposite side, the NATO members recognized the need for reform when the end of the Cold War was imminent. The Warsaw Pact members could have undertaken similar actions, even if some had chosen to leave the treaty. Deciding to leave implies that there was some decision made internally where a majority of the countries decided that the Warsaw Pact was not serving their purposes as well as it ought