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NATO. 18 and 23 October 2012 by Sigrid Brevik Wangsness. I. Origin of NATO. When and why was NATO established? Who were the founding members? What was NATO’s main goal? What are NATO’s three core tasks today? ( Compendium , p. 56).
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NATO 18 and 23 October 2012 by Sigrid Brevik Wangsness
I. Origin of NATO • When and why was NATO established? • Who were the founding members? • What was NATO’s main goal? • What are NATO’s three core tasks today? (Compendium, p. 56)
II. 1st Stage of NATO’s Development:1949-1990 • How many and which new members were added before 1990? • How would you describe this first stage? • How would you evaluate this first stage?
III. 2nd Stage of NATO’s Development:1990-1999 • 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?
IV. 3rd Stage of NATO’s 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 2001:The use of Article 5 • A new role for NATO: NATO and international terrorism (Compendium, p. 57)
3rd Stage of NATO’s 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)
3rd Stage of NATO’s Development: 1999 - 2012 • Afghanistan • Iraq • Libya • Syria
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)
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)
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 (= “NATO’s sea of troubles”)? (Compendium, pp. 66-68) • How do you see NATO’s future?
