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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Corey Koppel and Tiffany Soohoo. What is NATO?. A political and military alliance The fundamentals of NATO are to “Walk around freely in a safe and secure environment”. Goals for:. Political. Military. Peaceful resolutions for disputes

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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  1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Corey Koppel and Tiffany Soohoo

  2. What is NATO? • A political and military alliance • The fundamentals of NATO are to “Walk around freely in a safe and secure environment”

  3. Goals for: Political Military Peaceful resolutions for disputes Military to undertake crisis management operations Operations carried out under Article 5 of the Washington Treaty and/or under a U.N. mandate alone or with help • Uphold Democratic values • Build trust with cooperation on defense and security issues. • Prevent conflict

  4. Washington Treaty (Article 5): “Any attack on one member nation is an attack on all”

  5. History of NATO: • Started on April 4, 1949 (62 years old) • Since it’s starting NATO has allowed more than North Atlantic countries • No longer tries to counter Soviet power • Lost it’s competitor Warsaw Pact

  6. Purpose of NATO • Guarantees the freedom and security of all it’s members • Protects against: • Threats, terrorism, failed states, and weapons of mass destruction

  7. Membership: • 1949: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, and the United States • 1952:Greece, Turkey • 1955:West Germany (Germany) • 1982: Spain • 1999:Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland • 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia • 2009: Albania and Croatia

  8. Leadership: • International Staff: • NATO Secretary General- Andres Fogh Rassmussen (Denmark) • Deputy Secretary General- Ambassador Alexander Vershbow (United States) • NATO spokesperson- Oana Lungescu (Romania)

  9. Leadership: • Military Committee: • Chairman of the Military Committee: General Knud Bartels (Denmark) • Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee: Lieutenant General Walter Gaskin (United States)

  10. Advantages: • Provide structure and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area based on democracy and peaceful resolutions. • A Place where Canada, Europe and the U.S. can freely discuss security issues and fix it. • Defend and prevent members from conflicts such as aggression. • Increase transparency by promoting partnership.

  11. Disadvantages: • Weakens individual countries military force • Smaller nations do not benefit as much as bigger nations • Sometimes military goes into unwanted nations

  12. International Impact • Military Operations: • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Kosovo • Afghanistan • Iraq Training Mission • Missile Defense • Gulf of Aden Piracy • Operations in Libya

  13. The United Kingdom • One of the largest contributors (150 million pounds) into the Civil and Military budget. • 17% of UK Armed Forces are deployed on military and operational task fro NATO. • UK contributes to the following missions and operational: NATO Training Assistance Implementation Mission (Iraq), International Security Assistance Force and Operation Active Endeavour (Eastern Mediterranean) • Provides support for African Union’s Peacekeeping in Sudan (2005).

  14. Russia • Originally used to counter Russian power growth and prevent future wars. • Created Warsaw Pact to counter NATO • After Dissolution of Soviet Union Russia did not join NATO • Has open communication through the NATO-Russian Council (NRC)

  15. Russia • Disagrees on certain issues: • Relating to Georgia • Russia’s suspended implementation of the treaty on conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)

  16. Any Questions? By Tiffany Soohoo and Corey Koppel

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