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NATO

NATO. Jake Fojtik & Derek Silver. NATO. Intergovernmental military alliance- Collective Defense Based on North Atlantic Treaty (April 4, 1949) Precursor Treaty of Brussels, March 17 1948. Member States. Treaty of Brussels member states (1948): Netherlands Luxembourg France UK

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NATO

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  1. NATO Jake Fojtik & Derek Silver

  2. NATO • Intergovernmental military alliance- Collective Defense • Based on North Atlantic Treaty (April 4, 1949) • Precursor Treaty of Brussels, March 17 1948

  3. Member States • Treaty of Brussels member states (1948): • Netherlands • Luxembourg • France • UK • North Atlantic Treaty (1949): • US • Canada • Portugal • Italy • Norway • Denmark • Iceland

  4. Member States Currently • Greece (1952) • Turkey (1952) • Germany (1955) • Spain (1982) • Czech republic (1999) • Hungary (1999) • Poland (1999) • Bulgaria (2004) • Estonia (2004) • Latvia (2004) • Lithuania (2004) • Romania (2004) • Slovakia (2004) • Slovenia (2004) • Albania (2009) • Croatia (2009)

  5. NATO Basic Points • A military and political alliance • Trans-Atlantic Link • 2010 Strategic Concepts • Collective Defense • Article 5

  6. NATO Structure • Member States: • NATO Delegations • Nuclear Planning Group • North Atlantic Council • Military Responses • Military Committee • Allied Command Operations • Allied Command Transformations • Secretary General

  7. NATO Activities • Discussions and Consultations • Operations and Missions • Partnerships • Developing the Means to Respond to Threats

  8. Key Events/ NATO Activities • 1949- North Atlantic Treaty • 1949 – 1989 Cold War • 1995- first major crisis management ops: Bosnia and Herzegovina • 2001- NATO invokes Article 5 following Sept. 11 attacks. Post 9/11 NATO broadens approach to security • 2010- NATO adopts 2010 Strategic Concepts

  9. Current Event • On Saturday, February 1st, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen the Security Conference in Munich to participate in a panel discussion on Europe • Reprimanded Russia for combative rhetoric and military threats in response to NATO’s missile-defense shield in Europe. • Russia expressed their concern with the U.S and NATO’s increased missile capabilities • Feel that their interests and issues aren’t being recognized • Have threatened increasing their own military defenses, and withdrawing from the START treaty signed in 1991

  10. Discussion Questions • Is NATO still relevant in the post-Cold War Era? • What methods could be used to stymy Russia’s concerns over NATO’s defensive strategies?

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