Role & Evolvement of NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established by the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Washington. NATO's 16 member states are Belgium, Greece (since 1952), Norway, Canada, Iceland, Portugal, Denmark, Italy, Spain (since 1982), France, Luxembourg, Turkey (since 1952), Germany (since 1955), the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The North Atlantic Alliance is a defensive alliance based on political and military cooperation among independent member countries, established in accordance with Article 51 of the U.N. Charter. As stated in the preamble to the North Atlantic Treaty, Alliance members are committed to safeguarding the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law. Article 4 of the Treaty provides for consultations among the allies whenever any of them believes that their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened. NATO member states are committed to the defense of one another by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. This stipulates that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered as

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Bosnia does not diminish the responsibility to build a new comprehensive structure of relationships to form a new security architecture. On the contrary, Bosnia--the greatest collective security failure of the West since the 1930s--only underscores the urgency of that task. The two most destructive wars in human history began from events on the plains of Europe, and the Cold War played itself out in its ancient and storied cities, all within the last 80 years. The West owes much of the recent success to the great institutions created in the 1940s and 1950s. These structures offer a usable foundation for a new era. There is no desire and no reason to dismantle these structures. On the contrary, these institutions form the basis for a new security architecture. Each has its own role to play, and each represents a separate pillar of security. The essential challenge is to maintain their coherence, extend their influence, and adapt to new circumstances without diluting their basic functions. If those institutions were to remain closed to new members, they would become less relevant to the problems of the post-Cold War world. It would be a tragedy if, through delay or indecision, the West helped create conditions that brought about t
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