Lastly, we are able to compare our simulation with the likes of international institutions such as NATO and the United Nations, and other NGOs through a process called multilateralism. NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was founded in 1949, and its purpose is to create political and militaristic alliances between North American and European countries during and after the Cold War, protecting the security and freedom of all the countries involved with the organization (“What is NATO?”). It was created to maintain the balance of power, which is the preservation of peace through the “distribution of power among competing nations so that no single state of combination of states is dominant” (Riemer, Simon, and Romance 313).
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Common conflicts that are solved by working with multilateralism are trade, economic instability, terrorism, or climate change (“What is Multilateralism?”). In fact, the United Nations is an example of multilateralism. The belief of this term is that a country’s best interest will be best protected through the efforts of multiple governments; multilateralism is seen as a practical technique for advancing the overall welfare of participating groups or …show more content…
As long as both groups are working towards their respective goals, there really is nothing to be done in the way of changing their techniques or procedures. Another fact to take into consideration is that the world and its problems are forever changing. Back then, when both groups were founded, they needed to deal with World War II and the Cold War, the Soviet Union, and the Warsaw Pact. These days, we don’t need to pay as much attention to those things; we need to focus on things like cooperation in disaster relief (hurricanes and earthquakes), religious issues, and terrorism around the world and in our very own United States of America. Times change, and with that, the organizations need to change with the current world’s issues. Just because they aren’t focused on the issues they were originally conceived from doesn’t mean they are any weaker. An area that has to do with religion where NATO succeeded was when they helped form the Marshall Plan, along with the European Union (formerly known as the European Economic Community). The Marshall Plan worked by teaming up the countries in the EU to “overcome former disastrous economic and political rivalries” – in particular, the Franco-German rivalry (Riemer, Simon, and Romance 316). The plan also united West Germany, France, and Britain, who had been previously historical enemies, out of “fear of the Soviet Union and the communization
Common conflicts that are solved by working with multilateralism are trade, economic instability, terrorism, or climate change (“What is Multilateralism?”). In fact, the United Nations is an example of multilateralism. The belief of this term is that a country’s best interest will be best protected through the efforts of multiple governments; multilateralism is seen as a practical technique for advancing the overall welfare of participating groups or …show more content…
As long as both groups are working towards their respective goals, there really is nothing to be done in the way of changing their techniques or procedures. Another fact to take into consideration is that the world and its problems are forever changing. Back then, when both groups were founded, they needed to deal with World War II and the Cold War, the Soviet Union, and the Warsaw Pact. These days, we don’t need to pay as much attention to those things; we need to focus on things like cooperation in disaster relief (hurricanes and earthquakes), religious issues, and terrorism around the world and in our very own United States of America. Times change, and with that, the organizations need to change with the current world’s issues. Just because they aren’t focused on the issues they were originally conceived from doesn’t mean they are any weaker. An area that has to do with religion where NATO succeeded was when they helped form the Marshall Plan, along with the European Union (formerly known as the European Economic Community). The Marshall Plan worked by teaming up the countries in the EU to “overcome former disastrous economic and political rivalries” – in particular, the Franco-German rivalry (Riemer, Simon, and Romance 316). The plan also united West Germany, France, and Britain, who had been previously historical enemies, out of “fear of the Soviet Union and the communization