The United States and Nato: An Overview
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This research paper re-assesses the role of the United States in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Its thesis is that the United States should: (1) avoid becoming further en-tangled in the current NATO offensive against Yugoslavia, in particular not to become involved in a NATO ground war against Serbian forces, and help accomplish a negotiated settlement of that crisis; and (2) thereafter, confine its support to future NATO military actions which go beyond defense against attack on NATO countries to the provision of military and technical assist-ance. The United States should reduce its role in NATO for the following reasons: (1) the original threats which induced the united states to playa leading role in the creation of NATO have substantially diminished for the foreseeable future; (2) the current expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe and regional conflicts in the Balkans violates international law and runs counter to the vital national security interests of the United States; (3) NATO's on-going military campaign against Yugoslavia is ill-conceived and is likely to involve the united States indefinitely in a protracted conflict and highly uncertain outcome; (4) faced with more pressing priorities elsewhere, the United States should induce the Europeans to assume primary responsibility for their own security.NATO's Original Raison D'Etre. Lord Ismay, the British first Secretary General of NATO, said that i
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e organization has reached the end of its useful life" (p. M2). However, on March 12, 1996, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joined NATO. To mollify the Russians, NATO in 1994 offered them consultative participation in its Partnership for Peace, from which the Russians withdrew once NATO began to bomb Yugoslavia in 1999.
The expansion of NATO to the borders of the former Soviet Union was an unwise step. The advocates of NATO expansion, such
as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, argued that membership for the Eastern European states would enhance their security and the stability of their fledgling democracies. However, it is by
no means clear that it was in the American interest to give openended guarantees against attack to those states which NATO member-ship entails. A 1994 poll of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations revealed that only 32 percent of Americans polled support Poland against a Russian invasion (Rosner, 1996, July-Aug., p. 13).
Not only is it unclear, says Kamp (1995, Spring), that "the Americans would sacrifice New York to save Warsaw," but it is highly questionable whether they should do so (p. 124). The Eastern European nations have in the past been embroiled in disputes with their neighbors. Ac
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Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page)
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