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    NATO is a military alliance formed in 1949 between Western European and North American countries to protect members from Soviet attack during the Cold War. It has since expanded to include many former Eastern bloc countries. Its main purpose is collective defense as outlined in Article 5 of its treaty stating an attack on one member is an attack on all. Russia responded to NATO's formation with the Warsaw Pact alliance. While tensions remain over NATO's expansion eastward, the NATO-Russia Council was formed in 2002 for cooperation but Russia is not a full member.

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    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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    NATO is a military alliance formed in 1949 between Western European and North American countries to protect members from Soviet attack during the Cold War. It has since expanded to include many former Eastern bloc countries. Its main purpose is collective defense as outlined in Article 5 of its treaty stating an attack on one member is an attack on all. Russia responded to NATO's formation with the Warsaw Pact alliance. While tensions remain over NATO's expansion eastward, the NATO-Russia Council was formed in 2002 for cooperation but Russia is not a full member.

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    NATO is a military alliance formed in 1949 between Western European and North American countries to protect members from Soviet attack during the Cold War. It has since expanded to include many former Eastern bloc countries. Its main purpose is collective defense as outlined in Article 5 of its treaty stating an attack on one member is an attack on all. Russia responded to NATO's formation with the Warsaw Pact alliance. While tensions remain over NATO's expansion eastward, the NATO-Russia Council was formed in 2002 for cooperation but Russia is not a full member.

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    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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    NATO is a military alliance formed in 1949 between Western European and North American countries to protect members from Soviet attack during the Cold War. It has since expanded to include many former Eastern bloc countries. Its main purpose is collective defense as outlined in Article 5 of its treaty stating an attack on one member is an attack on all. Russia responded to NATO's formation with the Warsaw Pact alliance. While tensions remain over NATO's expansion eastward, the NATO-Russia Council was formed in 2002 for cooperation but Russia is not a full member.

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    NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization


    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    (NATO)
    Military or defense alliance formed in 1949 by
    12 countries in Western Europe and North
    America
    Original purpose to protect its members from a
    possible attack from the Soviet Union (Containment)
    First peacetime alliance in U.S. history
    An alliance of nations with shared values. All
    members are DEMOCRACIES
    Has been the most important U.S. alliance for
    the past (almost) 60 years
    NATO Treaty Article 5
    The Parties agree that an armed attack against
    one or more of them in Europe or North America
    shall be considered an attack against them all
    No NATO member was ever attacked during the
    Cold War it never had to use its military forces
    The first (and only) time a NATO member was
    attacked was
    September 11, 2001
    Who is in NATO?
    1949 12 Original Members
    U.S. Canada Britain
    France Iceland Portugal
    Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg
    1952 A Little Farther from the North Atlantic
    (Demonstration of Truman Doctrine)

    Greece Turkey
    1954 A New Democracy
    Germany
    1982 Death of Fascist Dictator Franco
    Spain
    The NATO Alliance
    The Warsaw Pact
    1955 - The Soviet response to the creation
    of NATO
    Consisted of the Soviet Union and its six
    satellite countries in Eastern Europe
    East Germany
    Poland
    Hungary
    Czechoslovakia
    Bulgaria
    Romania
    The Warsaw Pact no longer exists
    Eastward Expansion
    As democracy spread throughout Eastern Europe,
    NATO is adding new members
    1999 Three former Warsaw Pact members were
    admitted into NATO
    Poland
    Hungary
    The Czech Republic
    2002 Seven former communist states in Eastern
    Europe added
    Estonia
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Slovenia
    Slovakia
    Bulgaria
    2002
    How do
    you
    think
    Russia
    feels
    about
    this?
    NATO-Russia Council
    NATO-Russia Council
    This was a RAPPROCHEMENT between NATO
    and Russia
    May 2002 Both sides signed an agreement
    Russia WILL:
    Be given a say at the table with the 26 NATO
    members
    Be an equal partner in discussions on key topics
    NATO-Russia Council
    Russia WILL NOT:
    Be a member of NATO
    Be bound by NATOs defense pact
    Have a veto over NATOs decisions
    Have a vote over NATOs expansion

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