Accession Number:

ADA505625

Title:

Does NATO Have a Future?

Descriptive Note:

Research paper

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Orini, Michele

Report Date:

2005-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

The end of the Cold War has generated rapid transformation within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO. When the Soviet Union collapsed, NATO lost its primary reason to exist, and a lot of people called for an end to the alliance. To the contrary, NATO did not die, but instead changed its original mission, extending its sphere of influence beyond its previous geographical limits. So what is the real state of the alliance While the political NATO might seem fragile and irrelevant, the military transatlantic alliance fulfills a vital role in that the United States and Europe have new common enemies to defeat. Europe and America can overcome these new security challenges by using all of the diplomatic and military instruments NATO provides.

Descriptors:

• *NATO
• *WESTERN SECURITY(INTERNATIONAL)
• *MISSIONS
• *VULNERABILITY
• *THREATS
• *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• COOPERATION
• PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• NATO FORCES
• FOREIGN POLICY
• COUNTERTERRORISM
• EUROPE
• EUROPEAN UNION
• MIDDLE EAST

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Military Forces and Organizations
• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE