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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (view source)
Revision as of 19:46, May 8, 2022
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established after the failure of the United Nations Organization to bring about democratic elections and "self determination of peoples" in [[Eastern Europe]] shortly after [[World War II]] in 1949. The original members consisted of ten European countries, the [[United States]], and [[Canada]]. These countries formed the alliance to further the goal of security in the North Atlantic region, and they did this by ingraining the principal that an attack against one member would be considered an attack against all. Therefore, all would respond with support to the attacked nation. The first secretary-general of NATO, Lord Ismay, once quipped, NATO's purpose in Europe was “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established after the failure of the United Nations Organization to bring about democratic elections and "self determination of peoples" in [[Eastern Europe]] shortly after [[World War II]] in 1949. The original members consisted of ten European countries, the [[United States]], and [[Canada]]. These countries formed the alliance to further the goal of security in the North Atlantic region, and they did this by ingraining the principal that an attack against one member would be considered an attack against all. Therefore, all would respond with support to the attacked nation. The first secretary-general of NATO, Lord Ismay, once quipped, NATO's purpose in Europe was “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."
NATO was created to short-circuit the delays the United States endured from domestic non-interventionists in entering two world wars on behalf of Great Britain. Should Britain perceive an attack again in the future, either from Germany or the Soviet Union, America would immediately be involved without any Congressional debate or public opinion polling. Some critics quipped it effectively made Great Britain the 51st state.
NATO was created to short-circuit the delays the United States endured from domestic non-interventionists in entering two world wars on behalf of Great Britain. Should Britain perceive an attack again in the future, either from Germany or the Soviet Union, America would immediately be involved without any Congressional debate or public opinion polling. This is where the concept of "an attack against one is an attack against all" originated. Some critics quipped it effectively made Great Britain the 51st state.
In 1952 NATO began its first round of enlargement of the early alliance's history, letting in [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]]. By 1968, those two members were at war with each other.
In 1952 NATO began its first round of enlargement of the early alliance's history, letting in [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]]. By 1968, those two members were at war with each other.
The [[Falkland's War]] presented a special problem for NATO. When the United Kingdom perceived an attack against the [[Falkland Islands]], it did not invoke Article 5. The Falkland Islands fell under the rubric of the [[Monroe Doctrine]] and other defensive alliances the United States has through the [[Organization of American States]]. Argentine claimed the Falklands as their own, and the United Kingdom sent an invasion fleet to "liberate" the English-speaking colony.
In 2006, Ivo H. Daalder, the current President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and previously the U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of NATO (2009-2013), published with co-author James Goldgeier a proposal for a "Global NATO" in the [[globalist]] magazine ''Foreign Affairs''.
In 2006, Ivo H. Daalder, the current President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and previously the U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of NATO (2009-2013), published with co-author James Goldgeier a proposal for a "Global NATO" in the [[globalist]] magazine ''Foreign Affairs''.