Essays on NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to oppose Soviet expansionism in Western Europe. The end of the war saw the Soviet Union solidify its gains in Eastern Europe, garrisoning countries such as Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and East Germany. NATO...

Over the years NATO has worked with countries across the world to foster and develop strategic partnerships which allow the organisation to support its global allies and to project its power beyond Europe. One country that NATO has developed a close relationship is Israel which...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (or as they say in French le Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique Nord (OTAN)), began as a military alliance of governments due to the North Atlantic Treaty ( 4 April 1949). From its inception NATO, with headquarters in Brussels,...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been active for 70 years. 20 countries donate in order to keep the defense budget going. This defense budget then goes towards many areas such as to the construction of weapons of mass destruction. According to the International Law...

The situation in Europe also began worsening in NATO’s early years. The Berlin Crisis, in which the US was the Alliance’s major player, gave the Soviet threat even more credibility, contributing to the controversial rearmament and admission of West Germany. In response, the Warsaw Pact...