GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Nato, Military Alliance, Hegemony
Document Summary
The united states and the north atlantic treaty organization (nato) Rules governing inner workings and external relations are institutions and have a great effect on international politics. Ex: rule on attack on one member state, is an attack on all all members: shows collective security guarantee. Members within nato will not have a territorial claim on other states, this maintains peace + stability, Origins in cold war, nato was used as a containment of communism within the soviet union. Protect european nations from potential soviet union communism. Has many multifaceted benefits which is why nato power stayed after cold war. This is crucial to understand challenges facing nato today. General lord ismay, nato first secretary general, on goal of nato: to keep the russians out, the americans in, and the germans down . Nato and protection of europe from soviet threat. Russians out, refers to nato"s chief function to provide protection against soviet conventional and nuclear attack of europe.
