NATO

When did NATO fail? For over 40 years NATO has been an organization focused mainly on keeping the status quo in Europe, following the Second World War. But, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, NATO had to find a now role. With the rise of terrorism and power struggles in the Near East, this role turned out to be a never ending cycle of repressing local anti-democratic uprisings, movements, terroristic organizations and trying to strenghten the position of…

the USSR. In response to the overwhelming news regarding Russia building a small atomic bomb, the U.S created NATO. The United States had realized that they were by no means invincible regarding their advances in american technology. The Suez Crisis, NATO and the Warsaw Pact were some events demonstrating the struggling relations between the U.S and The Soviet Union. The Suez Crisis, NATO and the Warsaw Pact were some events demonstrating the struggling relations between the U.S and The…

The Evolution of Collective Security to Collective Defence in NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) adopted the principle of collective security framework based on the concept of collective defence. Collective security and collective defence are different. This can be seen on the philosophies underlying their use. Collective defence affiliated with realism while collective security is liberalism. In international relations perspective, realism main concern is their self-interest. All…

Cold war began after World War II. Everybody was pleased that World War II (WW II) ended and people would not be afraid of their lives anymore. However, this idea was not true because Cold war began. This war was nearly worse than WW II because nobody declared this war and this war officially never ended. In fact, everybody realized this war. Cold war was different from previous wars because two superpower countries stood against each other. Both countries had different ideologies, regimes and…

They are fundamental examples of NATO’s antiterrorism strategy in action. Eagle Assist, which was operated from October 2001 to May 2002, gave direct surveillance support to the US by deploying seven AWACS aircraft over American soil. In all, 830 NATO crew members representing 13 member nations participated in the operation which flew over 360 expeditions over the US. Since Operation Eagle Assist, NATO’s AWACS squadrons have participated in protection actions, by providing airborne control and…

The original purpose of NATO was just that: to create a worldwide alliance against the growing communist superpower. As of December 25th of 1991, that purpose had been fulfilled as the Soviet Union was no more after Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the president of the USSR. As such, the future of NATO still existed, and its existence was not obsolete. Its role has been reassigned to a broader purpose: to allow for…

North Atlantic bloc, which increases the danger of a new war and creates a threat to the national security of peace-loving states.” The passage was referring to the decision by the US and other members of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) on May 9th 1955 to make West Germany a member of NATO and allow the nation to remilitarize. The Soviets saw this as a direct threat and responded with the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact had these countries involved in the treaty Soviet…

March 23, 1999 marked the beginning of the NATO bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia lasting three months. The rationale for the campaign was on the basis of “humanitarian intervention.” It was said to be in prevention of the ethnic cleansing of the Kosovar Albanians of Siberia by the authoritative regime of Slobodan Milosevic. The moral justification of this conflict has since been contested by a variety of theoretical schools of thought. This essay will use the revisions…

March 23, 1999 marked the beginning of the NATO bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia lasting three months. The rationale for the campaign was on the basis of “humanitarian intervention.” It was said to be in prevention of the ethnic cleansing of the Kosovar Albanians of Siberia by the authoritative regime of Slobodan Milosevic. The moral justification of this conflict has since been contested with the validity debated by a variety of theoretical schools of thought. This…

The World’s current security environment is uncertain and complex. Globalization amplifies emerging conflicts that bring national and transnational security challenges to the United States, which require employment of the military as national instrument of power. The United States military supports conflicts ranging from peace to war, and varying in purpose, scale, risk, and combat intensity. The ability of the United States military to advance its national military objectives depends on it…