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NATO- organization and policies. NATO’s character as a self-defence Alliance A collective defence alliance; A forum for political consultation; The American leadership. NATO’s adaptation to the post Cold War security environment: NATO’s new strategic concept; Internal transformation;
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NATO- organization and policies • NATO’s character as a self-defence Alliance • A collective defence alliance; • A forum for political consultation; • The American leadership. • NATO’s adaptation to the post Cold War security environment: • NATO’s new strategic concept; • Internal transformation; • Outreach initiatives.
NATO’s character as a self-defence alliance • Objectives and tasks: collective defence (Washington Treaty, Articles 5 and 6) alliance, tasks: deterrence and defence from military attack. • A forum of political consultation (Washington Treaty, Article 4). • The American leadership: NATO strategies, integrated supreme command structure, the US contribution to NATO assets, research and development and procurement programmes.
NATO’s post Cold War adaptation- new strategic concepts • North Atlantic Council in Rome (8 Nov. 1991). • identification of security risks and challenges: WMDs, disruptions of the flows of resources and terrorism and sabotage; a broader approach to security adopted; • Objectives: consultation, deterrence, defence and security; • Non-Article 5 operations: NATO projecting force and operating out of area (NAC, Oslo 1992); conflict prevention, crisis management and crisis response missions. • Washington Summit (23-24 April 1999). • definition of security threats: ethnic and religious rivalries, unsuccessful reforms, human rights abuses, territorial disputes and dissolution of states; • collective security organisation; a framework for cooperation, consultation and dialogue;
NATO’s post Cold War adaptation- internal transformation • Adjustment of Alliance’s institutional and military capabilities: new force posture and deployable command and control HQs • Enhancement of the European Pillar- ESDI initiative (Ministerial Meeting, Berlin 1996). Combined Joint Task Force concept (CJTS); Modalities for consultation, cooperation and transparency between NATO and the EU (Washington Summit 1999). • Defence Capabilities Initiative- DCI (Washington Summit 1999): a set of military capabilities goals e.g deployability, survivability and interoperability.
NATO’s post Cold War adaptation- outreach initiatives and experiences • Out-of-area operations (NATO missions, OSCE and UN operations : - Peace-support missions- IFOR, SFOR (Bosnia &Herzegovina) and KFOR (Kosovo) • Humanitarian military intervention- operation ‘Allied Force’, Kosovo 1999 • Preventive operations in the 1990s: naval patrolling for enforce sanctions and embargo; military support of humanitarian air delivery.
NATO’s post Cold War adaptation- outreach activities II • Partnership for Peace (PfP)- launched in 1994, bilateral cooperation with individual partner countries; EAPC. • NATO-Russia Founding Act, Paris 1997 (special relationship with Russia); PJC; 2002 Rome Declaration- NATO-Russia Council • NATO-Ukraine Charter, Madrid 1997 (distinctive relationship with Ukraine); NAT)-Ukraine Commission • NATO Mediterranean Dialogue • NATO Enlargement Milestones: 1995 NATO Study of Enlargement, Madrid Summit 1997- open door policy, the Membership Action Plan