North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Yesterday Objectives, Today Strategies

Abstract

NATO is an organization that was formed in the aftermath of the Second World War for fulfillment of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. In the early years after World War II and in response to Soviet expansionism in Eastern and Central Europe, in March of 1948, five countries of UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the Brussels Treaty and formed the collective defense alliance. This treaty is from the regional treaties that is allowed in the UN Charter and its fifth article warranties that entering the war is not automatic and the US congress can decide whether to enter the war or not in that country. Today, NATO with 28 members with more than a trillion dollars in annual defense of the members, is one of the most important mechanisms of providing security in today's world and is present in every part of the world that there are areas of threat. These have made NATO a global security agency.