“Almost as if according to some natural law, in every century there seems to emerge a country with power, the will and the intellectual and moral impetus to shape the entire international system in accordance with its own values. In the seventeenth century, France under Cardinal Richelieu introduced the modern approach to international relations, based on the nation-state and motivated by national interest as its ultimate purpose. In the eighteenth century Great Britain elaborated the concept of the balance of power, which dominated European diplomacy for the next 200 years. In the nineteenth century Metternich’s Austria restricted the Concert of Europe and Bismarck’s Germany dismantled it, reshaping European diplomacy into a cold-blooded game
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The structure of the organization includes civilian structure, military structure and organization and agencies. The North Atlantic Council is the decision-making body. The Military committee directs the military operations. NATO is developing and expanding since it was created and countries are joining the big NATO family, however to be eligible to become a full member, the country has to be independent and sovereign. The door to the membership is open to countries that have the means to contribute to the security of the members. The member countries make a unanimous decision regarding different problems and issues. Those countries that wish to become members, but are not fully eligible, however have the perspective, NATO offers the Membership Action Plan also called the MAP. The countries that receive the action plan have to fulfill some key requirements. Along with members, the organization has partner countries, however the partner countries do not have the same authority as the member countries. According to current environment, the organization is strengthening and widening its partnership in order to counter terrorism. Since almost all member countries are also members of European Union, it is without any doubt that the North Atlantic Organization has partnership with European Union. NATO not only partners with international organizations such as Organization for Security and Cooperation, United Nations but it also keeps partnership with different European countries, countries from the Mediterranean region, China, Australia, Japan, Pakistan, and many
The structure of the organization includes civilian structure, military structure and organization and agencies. The North Atlantic Council is the decision-making body. The Military committee directs the military operations. NATO is developing and expanding since it was created and countries are joining the big NATO family, however to be eligible to become a full member, the country has to be independent and sovereign. The door to the membership is open to countries that have the means to contribute to the security of the members. The member countries make a unanimous decision regarding different problems and issues. Those countries that wish to become members, but are not fully eligible, however have the perspective, NATO offers the Membership Action Plan also called the MAP. The countries that receive the action plan have to fulfill some key requirements. Along with members, the organization has partner countries, however the partner countries do not have the same authority as the member countries. According to current environment, the organization is strengthening and widening its partnership in order to counter terrorism. Since almost all member countries are also members of European Union, it is without any doubt that the North Atlantic Organization has partnership with European Union. NATO not only partners with international organizations such as Organization for Security and Cooperation, United Nations but it also keeps partnership with different European countries, countries from the Mediterranean region, China, Australia, Japan, Pakistan, and many