NATO

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NATO

• 18 and 23 October 2012
• by
• Sigrid Brevik Wangsness

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I. Origin of NATO

• When and why was NATO established?
• Who were the founding members?
• What was NATOs main goal?
• What are NATOs three core tasks today?
  (Compendium, p. 56)

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II. 1st Stage of NATOs Development1949-1990

• How many and which new members were added before
  1990?
• How would you describe this first stage?
• How would you evaluate this first stage?

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III. 2nd Stage of NATOs Development1990-1999

• How was the role of The New NATO defined? (Any
  work left for NATO in Europe?)
• Transformation of the Alliance
• Which countries became members in 1999? Why?

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IV. 3rd Stage of NATOs Development 1999 - 2012

• Why can Operation Allied Force in Kosovo (25
  March-10 June 1999) be considered as the start of
  a new stage?
• 11 September 2001The use of Article 5
• A new role for NATO NATO and international
  terrorism (Compendium, p. 57)

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3rd Stage of NATOs Development 1999 - 2012

• Open Door Policy (Compendium, p. 62)
• 2004 Seven new members.
• Which and why?
• 2009 Two new members. Which?
• So how many members today?(Comp., p. 55)

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3rd Stage of NATOs Development 1999 - 2012

• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Libya
• Syria

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V. The New Security Environment

• What are the major threats to the member states
  security today as NATO sees it? (Compendium,
  pp. 57-58)
• How does NATO plan to meet this threat? (
  Explain its policies of Defence and Deterrence)
• How does NATO plan to increase the member states
  security through crisis management ? (Compendium,
  pp. 60-62)

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VI. Partnerships and Cooperative Structures

• The UN
• The EU
• NATO - Russia , NATO - Ukraine, NATO- Georgia
• Partnership for Peace (PfP)
• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
• Mediterranean Dialogue
• (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania,
  Morocco, Tunisia)

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VII. The Future of NATO

• What are the major challenges for NATO as the
  Alliance itself sees it?
  
  (Compendium, p.65)
• What are the major problems facing NATO today
  according to The Economist ( NATOs sea of
  troubles)? (Compendium,
  pp. 66-68)
• How do you see NATOs future?