POLSCI 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 5 Vocab : Nato, Warsaw Pact, Bandwagoning
17 Oct 2017
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Alliances: institutions tat help their members cooperate militarily in the event of a war. Balnce of power: a situation in whih the military capabilities of two states or groups of states are roughly equal. When two or more states need to combine their capabilities in order to match the capabilities of another state. Bandwagoning: a strategy in which states join forces with the stronger side in a conflict. North atlantic treaty organization (nato): an alliance formed in 1949 among the united states, canada, and most of the states of western europe in response to the threat posed by the soviet union. The alliance requires the members to consider an attack on any one of them as an attack on all. Warsaw pact: a military alliance formed in 1955 to bring together the soviet. Union and its cold war allies in eastern europe and elsewhere. League of nations: a collective security organization founded in 1919 after.
