NATO's Evolution: Maintaining Relevance

Abstract

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established as a deterrent to the possibility of a Soviet attack on Western Europe. Forty years later, the Soviet empire came tumbling down. This paper asks and answers the question, "Is there a reason for the United States to remain a part of the NATO Alliance," by tracking NATO's evolution from its origins, to the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the Partnership for Peace, to the 1999 enlargement of the Alliance in the context of its revised Strategic Concept. The paper concludes that NATO has evolved in a manner which has equipped the Alliance uniquely to serve emerging U.S. interests in Europe over the near to mid-term.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2001
Accession Number
ADA390642

Entities

People

  • Charles M. Kuyk

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Cost Estimates
  • Crisis Management
  • Czech Republic
  • Department Of State
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Systems
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies