1. 19 and 26 September 2017 by Sigrid Brevik Wangsness
NATO
19 and 26 September 2017 by
Sigrid Brevik Wangsness

2. Origin of NATO When and why was NATO established?
Who were the founding members?
What was NATO’s main goal?
What are NATO’s three core tasks today? (Compendium, p. 106)

3. 1st Stage of NATO’s Development:1949-1990
This is the Cold War period:
How many and which new members were added before 1990?
How would you describe this first stage?
How would you evaluate this first stage?

4. 2nd Stage of NATO’s Development:1990-1999
This marks the end of the Cold War:
How was the role of The New NATO defined? (Any work left for NATO in Europe?)
Transformation of the Alliance
Which countries became members in 1999? Why?

5. 3rd Stage of NATO’s Development: 1999 - 2017
Why can Operation Allied Force in Kosovo (25 March-10 June 1999) be considered as the start of a new stage?
11 September 2001:The use of Article 5
A new role for NATO: NATO and international terrorism

6. 3rd Stage of NATO’s Development: 1999 - 2017
Open Door Policy: Enlargement
2004: Seven new members.
Which and why?
2009: Two new members. Which?
2017:A new member. Why controversial?

7. NATO vs. Russia Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Why? NATO’s response
A new sense of purpose for NATO?
What are Russia’s further aims according to the Economist article “First principles” (from March 2014)?
The status quo?

8. Read the text «Article of faith»(Comp, p
Read the text «Article of faith»(Comp, p. 109) and explain the following:
What is meant by «hybrid» warfare?
Mr. Putin’s goal?
Latvia’s and Estonia’s positions
21st-century Russian tactics?
Mr. Putin’s «game plan»?
Do you agree with the opinions expressed here?

9. Current NATO operations
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria?
Current NATO operations
Afghanistan
Kosovo
The Mediterranean

10. Current NATO Operations
Support to the African Union
Air policing
Assistance during refugee and migrant crises
Disaster-relief operations
Turkey

11. Partners and Cooperative Structures
Partnership for Peace (PfP)
21 countries
The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
The NATO-Russia Council, the NATO- Ukraine Commission, the NATO-Georgia Commission

12. Partners and Cooperative Structures
The Mediterranean Dialogue
(Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia)
The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
(Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates)
Global partners
(e.g. Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan)

13. Cooperation with Other Organizations
The EU
How is the EU different from NATO?
The UN
How are the UN and NATO interrelated?

14. The Future of NATO What are the major challenges for NATO today?
How is NATO preparing to meet these challenges and threats?
How do you see NATO’s future?

15. Find arguments both in favour and against the need for NATO.
Do We Need NATO?
Achievements?
Failures?
Find arguments both in favour and against the need for NATO.