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This paper explains that North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO is an alliance of the United States, Canada and a number of West European states that came into being in the wake of the Second World War.
The author points out that, with the i primary objective is to defend Western Europe from the perceived threat of the Soviet Union, NATO is the most powerful and arguably the most effective military alliance in history. The paper relates that, dominated by the superpower of the United States, the NATO alliance won the Cold War to the extent that it is expanding by incorporating former adversary states from the Soviet dominated and now defunct Warsaw Pact.

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"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an alliance of the United States, Canada, and a number of West European states that came into being in the wake of the Second World War with its primary objective being to defend Western Europe from the perceived threat of the Soviet Union, is the most powerful - and arguably the most effective - military alliance in history. Dominated by the superpower of the United States, the NATO alliance "won" the Cold War to the extent that it has begun expanding by incorporating former adversary states from the Soviet-dominated and now defunct Warsaw Pact."

Tags:nato, coldwar, unitedstates

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This paper focuses on the history and role of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This pact ensures that the member nations would provide military support to each other if and when the need arises. Currently the alliance has 19 members and while expansion provides the members nations with increased strength, it is considered a threat by all non-member countries.

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This paper will discuss the nature of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. By understanding the various functions of the organization, along with its history, we can realize its ultimate purpose in the scope of world politics.

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The paper relates that following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, many members of the former Warsaw Pact abandoned their former ties with Russia to pursue integration into both European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. To determine how these countries have fared as a result, this paper provides a discussion concerning the course and circumstances of the events as well as an assessment of the respective countries' situation and their motivation for this course of action, including the relevant historical, political, economic, and security aspects. The paper provides an analysis concerning whether integration into both organizations was beneficial for these countries and whether the situation of these Eastern and Central European countries has fundamentally improved as a result of their integration into these international organizations. The paper includes several graphs and tables.

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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Conclusion

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"As can be readily seen in Table 1 above, the former Warsaw Pact has become completely subsumed into the NATO alliance in a wholesale fashion, suggesting that these countries considered continuing membership in a collective security arrangement of some sort in their best interests, notwithstanding the diametrically different political ideologies involved. Nevertheless, it is remarkable in many ways that this transformation from membership in one military alliance to its former Cold War adversary took place so rapidly and so willingly, and there must be some truly compelling reasons for these countries to seek out new security arrangements with their former foes and the research confirms that indeed that there are many. Prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the aspiring states seeking accession to NATO included Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia but there were a number of constraints to their membership at the time that precluded their joining NATO including objections from Russia (especially as to the Balkan states) as well as the strict membership criteria required by NATO (Rupp 2002)."

Tags:Warsaw, Pact, euro, economics, security

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This paper examines how the role of NATO has changed since the end of the Cold War. The paper tells us that, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, one might have expected that NATO would quietly fade into the background of world affairs, joining the legion of other defunct political institutions. However, this was not how the 1990s played out. Instead, NATO was expanded and given new life through new expansionist policies meant to secure peace and stability throughout non-NATO Europe. The paper goes on to suggest that this transformation, however, has not secured peace but instead serves only to extend and reinforce Western, particularly U.S., interests in Central and Eastern Europe.

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"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has survived an unimaginable turn of events, from an institutional standpoint. NATO was designed to give the United States and Western Europe a collective defensive front against Soviet aggression, particularly in Eastern and Central Europe. NATO was a foil to the Soviet Warsaw Pact and existed as such predominantly throughout the Cold War. Its raison d'etre was to provide mutual defense for its member nations. "

Tags:nato, expansion, peace

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The paper is divided up into three sections. The first section is a brief history of the events that led up to De Gaulle's decision to withdraw France from NATO. His opinions are given, as well as the pros and cons of having a European power leave NATO at the height of the Cold War. This section, as well as the entire paper, is written from the perspective that De Gaulle felt that the eventual Americanization of world affairs would only lead to disaster. The second section is an analysis of what happened to France politically after De Gaulle left NATO. Specific events, such as France becoming more autonomous in European affairs, are given, and how France began to rebuild the pride it had lost after World War II is discussed. Finally, the last section deals with De Gaulle as a politician. His strengths of verbal persuasion and commitment to returning France to a world power status are discussed, as is how he felt that NATO was standing in the way of French progress.

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"After World War II, the countries of Europe were ravaged by a war that caused millions of causalities and billions of dollars worth of damage to farms and businesses. France had suffered greatly due to the occupation of Nazi Germany, but upon the liberation of the country by The Allies and the appointment of the popular French resistance hero General Charles De Gaulle as head of the provisional government in 1945, a new Europe was looking to be born in the wake of the deadliest war in human history. Europe would be greatly influenced in the coming decades by the spread of communism and by both America's and The Soviet Union's foreign policies, but in the midst of this struggle for control over Europe, France would remain steadfast in it's political and social independence as Charles De Gaulle was passionate about making France a power in the world once more. This desire to return France to her past glory and De Gaulle's aspiration to remove American, British and Soviet influence from France's own foreign policy decisions were prime reasons for De Gaulle's displeasure with the NATO Alliance and which would eventually cause De Gaulle to remove and distance France from the complexity of entangling alliances after World War II. With France strongly against the NATO agreement that was signed in 1949, De Gaulle attempted to rebuild Europe with France being the main power instead of allowing "foreign meddling in France's political agenda"."

Tags:american, cold, france, relations, war

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This paper examines the development and purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and elements of success and failure in its role. It considers the role of NATO in the Cold War era as contributing to but not decisive in preventing an East-West confrontation. It also discusses failures and successes in the Balkans during the 1990s and concludes with current state of NATO and future prospects.

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"NATO the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by treaty in as a joint defense pact among Canada, the US, the UK, France and several smaller Western European countries. The ..."

Tags:nato, north, atlantic, treaty, organization, security, soviet, union, cold, war, balkans

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"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been a linchpin in the U.S.-European defense structure since its founding in 1949. The end of the Cold War has been hailed as a major shift in world political power and as evidence of a less dangerous international climate, and this has also called into question the need for the continuation of NATO, among other defense alliances. The founding of NATO was a major post-war accomplishment for the mutual defense of Europe and the North Atlantic region. Throughout its history, NATO has been almost as much a source of internal tension among members as it has been an effective defense tool. Yet, NATO is seen as perhaps the most successful defensive alliance in history and remains today the only truly functioning ... "

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This paper discusses the Clinton administration's political, strategic and ideological motivations for supporting NATO expansion and whether the future of NATO will be as a collective defense pact or as a vehicle for democratic expansion.

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"On March 16, 1999, the flags of the first three ex-communist countries to gain admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization " Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic " were hoisted above NATO headquarters in Brussels, marking the final act in the first stage of NATO expansion. Fifty years after its creation, with former Warsaw Pact members joining what began as an anti-Soviet alliance, NATO's original purpose of keeping "the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down" seems to no longer apply. The Russians no longer possess the ability (and some would argue the desire) to realistically threaten European security. With growing assertiveness in European affairs, the Germans are not "down," but their increased role in politics, economics, and security of Europe does not inspire the panic it would have so soon after World War II when the alliance was formed."

Tags:affairs, czech, diplomacy, enlargement, europe, expansion, hungary, international, nato, poland, relations, republic, russia, soviet, union

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The paper looks at how the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949 and the reform of the NATO Alliance after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989 influenced Canada's foreign and defence policies in a number of important ways. The paper explains that the most important influence on Canada of NATO's creation was that it compelled Ottawa to recognize that collective defence and foreign policy coordination with other Western democracies was necessary in order to contain communism, especially in Europe. The paper discusses how after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, NATO reforms influenced Canada to assume responsibility for peacekeeping and related operations along with other NATO member states.

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"The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949 and the reform of the NATO Alliance after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989 influenced Canada's foreign and defence policies in a number of important ways. The most important influence on Canada of NATO's creation was that it compelled Ottawa to recognize that collective defence and foreign policy coordination with other Western democracies was necessary in order..."

Tags:canada, and, nato