Background Information
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/index.htmNATO's website includes background information, as well as transcripts, videos and photographs from NATO press conferences and events.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). (2015). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/56176North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949, which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II.
Conflicts
- Batchelor, T. (2015, October 17). War games: Britain defies Putin with deployment of 900 troops along Russian border. Retrieved from http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/612704/Britain-deploys-900-troops-Poland-Nato-training-exercises-Russian-borderBritain is preparing to deploy close to 1,000 elite troops and more than 300 armoured vehicles along Europe's border with Russia, in a show of military might aimed at unsettling Vladimir Putin's vast war machine.
- Emmott, R. (2015, October 8). Turkey urges NATO to keep up its Patriot defenses. Retrieved fromTurkey urged its NATO allies on Thursday to keep up missile defenses along its Syrian border, after Germany and the United States said they would press on with plans to withdraw Patriot batteries despite worries about Russian actions in the area.
- Whitlock, C., & Cunningham, E. (2015, October 8). NATO denounces ‘troubling’ Russian escalation in Syria. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nato-warns-of-troubling-russian-escalation-in-syria-at-defense-ministers-meeting/2015/10/08/8ba52NATO leaders Thursday condemned Russia’s military intervention in Syria and vowed to sharpen their eastern defenses from the Baltics to Turkey, but they stopped short of taking concrete action to parry Moscow’s moves in the Middle East.
- Stout, D. (2015, March 17). Putin puts Russia’s Northern Fleet on ‘full alert’ in response to NATO drills. Retrieved from http://time.com/3747239/russia-nato-military-exercises-navy/The order mobilized 38,000 military personnel and 41 ships.
- Petrou, M. (2015, March 23). Putin's army. Maclean's, 128(11), 32-34.The article looks at Russian military power, reporting on the effort of Russian President Vladimir Putin to reform and strengthen the country's armed forces. Topics include the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 and Russia's intervention in Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and former Russian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Serdyukov.
- Fogh Rasmussen, A. (2015, April 1). A place apart. Harvard International Review, 36(3), 45-48.The article examines how Arctic peace was built through the will of all the Arctic states to avoid confrontation and promote cooperation, the main factors that challenge the region's peace, and Russia's growing militarization of the region, as well as the increasing danger of disputes from beyond the Arctic.
- Pomerantsev, P. (2015, January 1). The big chill. World Affairs, 177(5), 37-43.The article discusses Russian foreign relations with Central Europe. Particular focus is given to Russian aid and propaganda directed at ethnic Russians living in post-Soviet countries. The author emphasizes the importance of strengthening Euro-Atlantic ties in the region in order to combat Russian influence.
- Dadlder, I. H., & Stavridis, J. G. (2012, March 1). NATO'S victory in Libya. Foreign Affairs, 91(2), 2-7.The article examines the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) success during the 2011 Libyan Conflict, where in NATO and local forces sought to depose authoritarian Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi.
Looking Forward
- Stratfor. (2015, September 16). Sweden and Finland consider NATO membership. Retrieved from https://www.stratfor.com/geopolitical-diary/sweden-and-finland-consider-nato-membershipIn Sweden, the previously NATO-skeptic Social Democratic Party may be reversing its stance on Swedish membership in the alliance, stating that Stockholm could consider joining NATO if it can do so with neighboring Finland.
- Moon, Y. (2013, January 1). The future of NATO. Harvard International Review, 34(3), 19-21.The article discusses the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the post-Cost War era. Critics argue that NATO has not strictly been needed to resolve the conflicts in which it has recently intervened, including the Kosovo war, the Afghan war and the Libyan conflict.
- Jung, K. (2012, March 1). Willing or waning? World Affairs, 174(6), 43-52.The article focuses on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) role in international conflict in the post-Cold War period. Topics include the increase in the number of international coalitions and alliances in 2012, NATO's previous role as an enforcer of Western security policy and ideology, and NATO's influence as an instrumental force in bringing aid to areas engaged in conflict.
NATO Countries
How Powerful is NATO?
TestTube News. (2015, July 30). How powerful is NATO? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKRntKFC0jU