The European Union And Nato Have Grand Strategies

Thesis: Although NATO provided assistance in containing the spread of communism, and its member countries applied economic pressure on the Soviet Union, neither NATO nor President Reagan should be solely credited with causing the fall of the Soviet Union and thus the end of the Cold War. Instead, it was a combination of the tough Reagan administration policies and NATO’s threatening military armory along with grave economic problems within the Soviet Union that ultimately brought the end to the Cold War.

(1) After the end of World War II, all involved countries, with no exception of being victorious or defeated, have started seeking of the prevention of a new disaster by reconstructing and maintaining the security and peace primarily in Europe. All huge and disastrous events (such as World Wars) which affected whole world were originated from the uncomfortable conditions and conflicts in the continent. Thus the main task was to settle a

“I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” This declaration, made by former President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, is part of the Truman Doctrine, and was the basis for U.S. involvement in Western Europe throughout the Cold War. Although the North Atlantic Treaty, and the resulting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), was established during the Cold War “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down,” NATO has persisted since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990. This essay will seek to examine the U.S. decision to create and participate in NATO. It will begin by providing a history of NATO and the U.S. decision to participate in NATO before considering how this decision is both an instance of continuity and change in U.S. foreign policy since former President George Washington’s Farewell Address. The essay will conclude by considering the legacy of this decision and its impact on U.S. foreign policy. While this essay will consider the period of time leading up to the formation of NATO and will briefly touch on the present day, greatest consideration will be paid to the time period immediately preceding and following the formation of NATO in 1949.

The Cold War between two rival super powers – the young United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was an inevitable one. The relationship between the former war allies had begun to dissolve during the Second World War and eventually came to blows in 1947.

In today’s trend towards a more globalized world, there are many global entities that each state chooses or chooses not to participate in. Two of the largest International Global Organizations are the United Nations (UN) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); both of which the United States of America belongs to. There are stark contrasts between how the UN and NATO are run. For this reason, the United States’ foreign policy and defense may be better served in one of these entities compared to the other. Some may argue that the United States (US) is best represented with being part of the UN because it allows the US to discuss its ideas and plans with practically all states around the globe. On the other hand, people may argue that

NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; a “political and military alliance”. NATO started in 1949 with 12 nations: the United States, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, United Kingdom and Portugal. According to an article “NATO’s essential purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of its members through political and military means”. NATO involves a line of defense as well as democratic values. Roland Flamini starts his article of with describing NATO as the “west line defense” during the cold war, but then explain how some feel “about NATO relevance”.

NATO was thought to be an alliance that was formed together in response to the Soviet Union (History Hompage). The alliance’s purpose of creating NATO was to: deter Soviet expansionism, forbid the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encourage European political integration. Their essential purpose was to safeguard the freedom and security of its members using political and military means (What is NATO?). NATO promoted democratic values and encourages consultation and cooperation on defense and security issues to build trust and prevent conflict. NATO’s military goals were to remain peaceful when there are disputes between countries.

This paper will analyze how NATO grew in such sheer size and strength since 1949 in its military and overall transformation, it will compare the weakness of NATO and how it has overcome them from the events of the Cold War all the way to the recent events as

ONGOING NATO MISSIONS: NATO is an active and leading contributor to peace and security on the international stage. It promotes democratic values and is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes. However, if diplomatic efforts fail, it also has the military capacity needed to undertake crisis management operations, alone or in cooperation with other countries and international organizations to maintain peace and stability. With approximately 18,000 active military personnel, NATO has the capacity to carry out a wide range of military operations and missions around the world, often involving complex ground, air and naval operations in all types of environments. Throughout the 1990s NATO has been instrumental in managing 7 www.nato.int/summit2009/topics_en/05-enlargement.html

Liberal institutionalism provides policymakers with a vision of an idyllic world that is useful for communicating, with heavy rhetorical flavor, lofty promises to both a domestic and international audience. Theoretically and empirically, however, the theory fails to stand up against the necessary scrutiny. First, liberal institutionalism has failed to present itself as a successful challenge to realism, which remains a more compelling paradigm in the study of international relations. Two of the major faults of this theory involve its refusal to recognize the basic balance-of-power interests at play as well as its lack of focus on explaining how international institutions can prevent the domination of one power. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) provides a useful lens for examining the issues with institutionalism, as it demonstrates that international institutions are, in fact, a reflection of realist tenets. More specifically, the United States’ determination to maintain its European hegemony through NATO offers several compelling reasons to criticize institutionalist theory. The country’s roles in NATO in the 1990s revealed the extent to which liberalism has failed as a major paradigm of international relations. While international institutions at times may seem to foster cooperation among states, NATO

The global politics in today’s world is characterized by the dominance of the United States and the European Union, and the rising power of China enabled by its rapid economic development. Since the conclusion of the Second World War in 1945, no conflict has occurred on a global level. Despite some regional warfare, the world after 1945 has provided many countries with a relatively stable environment for development. Various advancements in technology have flourished in this environment, such as the invention of the Internet and the increased accessibility of air travel. They substantially improved the lives of those who have access to them. However, problems abound in today’s world: global poverty, abuses of human rights, and terrorism,

There was a fear among European nations that the United States was getting too strong of an influence on the continent. As Trachtenberg explains, the United States was essential for Europe to rebuild itself and the NATO, serving as a mechanism to protect the continent, centered around the strong U.S. forces. But, there was a realization that Europe was right in between the conflict of the Cold War and that therefore U.S. influence should be balanced by another entity. This was, according to Trachtenberg, one of the initial moments that European nations started to think about the relevance of cooperating. Directed by Monnet’s writing, Schwabe supports Trachtenberg’s argument. Schwabe argues that Monnet saw it as an essential step in

Croatia is one of the most likely candidates for entry into the European Union within the next few years and as a result it is also one of the more exciting of Europe 's emerging economies in terms of potential property price growth because with pre-EU entry comes serious foreign direct investment and political and economic stability, and post-EU entry comes greater worldwide confidence in a country and a nation 's ability to trade more directly and favourably with the rest of the European Union.

The establishment of the European Union (EU) solidified a united political, economic, and defensive front creating a Supranational Organization (Lucas, 1999, no page). With the assistance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States, the EU has developed a comprehensive security strategy responsible for leading the coalition’s objectives for mutual solidarity, global stabilization, and defense. To address security threats both regionally and globally set forth by the European Security Strategy (ESS), considerations were developed which encompass both cultural domains of geography and development.

The European Union is an organization unlike any other which includes an economic and political union between many different countries in Europe. It operates as a single institution with one foreign policy although it is composed of 28 individual countries with their own foreign policies. This paper, therefore, seeks to understand the institutional organization of the European Union in regards to foreign policy as well as provide an analysis of the actions the EU takes in its diplomacy.