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 Uphold Democratic values
Build trust with cooperation on defense and security issues.
Prevent conflict
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

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)

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