NATO Research Papers Samples For Students

NATO has seen enlargement through its period of inception. Since its establishment in April 1949 with a mere half a dozen members, its current standing stands at nearly 28 members from different parts of the world engaged in defense and military alliance. However with the developments taking place and the end of the Cold War and Afghanistan invasion, the need has been felt for expanding the circle of members list of NATO. This decision would have its repercussions in multiple facets and all these must be taken into account. Each of the member state has its own views and concerns with ...

Introduction

Currently, there are many international organizations in the world that address issues in all areas of the human life, including economic and political ones. The acutest problems of today, in my book, are the problem of war and peace, of disarmament and resolution of armed conflicts. Safety concern of every state has led to the creation of the military and political organizations. One of which was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO creation was a consequence of the Cold War and, therefore, all its efforts were aimed at confrontation with the Soviet Union and with other socialist countries (which ...

Establishment

Abstract
America took the initiative to create the security mechanism to involve the majority of democratic countries and stabilize Europe, because the fact that the Soviet Union no longer controlled the surrounding countries increased the tensions in the region. In April 4, 1949, the countries signed a final treaty that established NATO. The USSR has strongly opposed the formation of the organization. In a response, it created its own structure to maintain its stability in the Western Europe. Not all countries became beneficial because of the creation of NATO. Some countries found themselves on the wage of the war with ...

Introduction

NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an agreement between participating countries to support and give assistance to other allied countries who have signed treaty to the agreement. This concept of supporting each other and giving each member a sense of security when it comes to attacking elements from external parties give members of the organization a chance to grow and give attention to aspects of development without necessarily being fully or over-concerned about how they are going to fair in case military operations rise against them. Considerably, NATO’s role is to serve as the safety-net that every country ...

- Some argue that NATO is not just a military alliance, but also a political organization. To what extent is this valid argument?
NATO is perhaps one of the most continuing and complex political and military organization on the global field in the modern times. All over the six decades of existence, it has been thoroughly evaluated, studied, analyzed and commented upon, however many theorists are still determining its operations.
Both these scenarios justified the establishment of NATO that could deal effectively with the Soviet threat as well as the USA’s dominance of the region. The European countries ...

The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a military composition in North Atlantic signed in 1949. NATO is also referred to as North Atlantic Alliance. It consists of collective defense where a member state mutually agrees to defend one another in case of an external attack by an enemy. Its headquarters is located in Brussels Belgium, it constitutes of 28 member’s state the newest members being Croatia and Albania who joined in April 2009, it’s also interesting to note that over 70% of world defense spending originates from NATO member states. For the first few years, NATO was not ...

The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have had great influence on the politics and the economics of Post-Communist states. This paper seeks to examine and explore US and NATO military influence in post-communist Poland and East Germany. It further analyzes the role played by the strong presence of the Soviet Republic in both Poland and East Germany in limiting as well as increasing the US and NATO military involvement in the region. Since US foreign security policy in Europe is tied to NATO, the paper will analyze the effect of the military influence of United States ...

Today, in the era of high technologies and scientific improvements, humanity is still trying to understand what is happening and how to predict future. From the point of international relations, this discourse is relevant for understanding of motivations behind states' behaviour. In this paper, realistic theory of IR is used in order to explain conditionality of NATO transformation after the end of Cold War. In this context, attention will be paid to explanation of changing political and security environment in the world and shift in the international system.

Key Words: the Cold War, NATO, realism, international relations, national interests.

The Post-Cold War Realism of NATO Transformation
In the history ...

NATO’s Intervention in the Libyan Crisis

The instantaneous cause of the Libyan revolution and powerful anti-authority movement came following the arrest of human rights campaigners. The protests escalated at an unprecedented rate to other towns within the country. With Gadhafi clinging on to control and vowing to fight until the last drop of blood, the consequences of the Libyan revolution were set to rise1. The consequences were worse, as evidenced from the unparalleled massacre of the people and downright end of the regime. Western nations had to intervene into the situation, and this saw the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) being given the authority to ...

The cold war referred to the progressive state of military and political tension between the western World spear headed by America and its NATO allies and the Communist world led by Soviet Union and its allies. The cold war so named because it never featured any direct military action. However, they both threatened each other with nuclear attack and both fully participated in proxy wars through supporting the so called allied nations.

The origins of the cold war began with uncertainty and mistrust between the West and the Eastern blocks countries in Europe. The objective of the Russians was ...

Research Paper: Chemical, Biological, Radiological

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Introduction

Background/Literature Review
- Description of the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) weapons
- Identification of basic threats associated with CBRN weapons

Discussion

- Summary of past terrorist use of CBRN weapons based on case studies
- Comparison and contrast of various CBRN weapons that could be used in a terrorist attack
- Examination of critical knowledge of the current CBRN threat.

Conclusion

Recommendations
Abstract
This research paper explores chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (CBRN) to United States of America within the last decade. The exploration encompasses a description of the chemical, biological, radiological, ...

The present and future of computer based espionage and terrorism.

I. Introduction

Computer based espionage and terrorism

Computer based espionage is a form of spying through the use of computer devices and internet. It involves organizations, governments, or individuals obtaining confidential information without legal permission from the information holder. It is mainly done or kept secret because of the fact that it may be illegal thus punishable using the law. However sometimes computer based espionage may be considered legal as being part of intelligence operation. In such cases the organization or individual conducting the intelligence, does it using ethical means and mainly utilizes public sources of information. Governments are the ones mostly involved with computer ...

Not long ago many headlines on terrorism appeared in newspapers all over the world. The event happened on the 11th of September, 2001 made countries to pay more attention to this issue. In 2001 President Bush declared that a “war (that) would not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.” Still, no one knows whether this campaign will be successful or not (Rapoport, 2006). One of those things that people can do to decrease the terrorism is to learn history, as the terrorism is not new in the 21th century. The history illustrates ...

Methods of Engagement in Afghanistan: Security, Identity and Economy

The cultural differences between the United States (U.S) and Afghanistan are huge. The U.S. celebrated its independence from the British Empire about 1236 years ago compared to Afghanistan’s population who has lived there for generations. The U.S. first became involved militarily there when it armed Afghan fighters against the Soviet invasion between 1979 and 1989. A devastating ten year Civil War followed. (Rohde & Crossette, 2001) Next the Taliban came to power and then lost power when the current U.S. war against Afghanistan started in 2001. Unfortunately after over a decade war in Afghanistan the suffering of the people seems ...

UN POSITION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

There are more than two dozen countries of the world that have nuclear power, however, only a few have nuclear weapons and few are suspected of making nuclear weapons. During the cold war era between US and USSR, nuclear arms race was the most alarming feature as both the super powers rapidly built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Later when both realized, there would be devastation caused by nuclear weapons, they embarked upon a number of agreements for reduction in the number of nuclear weapons. Efforts were speeded up after disintegration of the USSR; however, the issues remained a major challenge ...

Part 1 Portugal

Part 1 Portugal

Introduction

Portugal is a European nation located in the south-western part of the continent. It is one of the Iberian nations that constitutes Portugal, Spain and Andorra. The country is a member of the European Union. Its history dates back centuries back when it was the world’s most dominant maritime power. Portugal has good relations with other nations on the international scene, especially the South American nations such as Brazil, its former colony. Like other European nations, Portugal has a population structure where there is low population growth and the elderly outnumber the youth. Portugal plays a major role in ...

The problem that the United States is facing when it comes to terrorism is complex. However, one of the key issues concerning the United States is the fact that al-Qaeda, its primary terrorism concern, is an enemy unlike others the United States has faced in the past. The United States has always gone to war with nations, or with recognizable groups; however, today, the United States is not at war with al-Qaeda; at least, it is not solely at war with al-Qaeda, although it is fighting al-Qaeda in a variety of different ways.
After the September 11th, 2001 attacks ...

Abstract

The Taliban is a Muslim affluenced group. The group is among the outlawed groups in the Southeast Asia region and they base most of its activities on the Quran. The group is well known to misinterpret the teachings of the Quran to oppress the people. The group started way back in the early 1990’s and has steadily grown strong over the years. It has attacked many countries, has placed so many people under its oppressive rule. So much has been done in efforts to close up the group, but it has proven futile. This paper looks a number of aspects in ...

Introduction

A supernova is coined by some astronomers as the brilliant destruction of a star, and rightfully so because of the highly complex activities that resulted to the final outburst of the of the celestial body. While the typical explanation of a star explosion is a change in its core or the excessive absorption of massive matter from another star, it took years of study for astronomers to finally present it that way. It is stimulating to note that the study of supernova dated back to ancient China, the oldest known record was shortlisted from thousands of supposed supernovae. The supernova SN 185 ...

Country Profile

About Afghanistan
Situated between the borders of China, Iran and Pakistan, Afghanistan is considered to take on so much culture and tradition from its neighboring countries (Banting, 2003). Rich in several mountainous regions, the country imposes interest on those who love to travel and be adventurous at the same time. Back in the days, the nation specifically held a great possibility of becoming a central attraction for most adventurous travelers who are bound towards the central areas of Asia.
There are approximately 35,320 445 residents accounted for in 2011 who embrace Afghanistan as their home (Bleaney, et al, ...

Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) In Iraq-Afghanistan Wars

Abstract
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are homemade bombs that are constructed and deployed in certain ways. Since October 2001, IEDs have been responsible for over 3000 combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. These devises are designed to specifically kill, harass, or injure people or groups of people. In Iraq and Afghanistan, IEDs have been widely used. They are hidden behind guardrails and signs, inside animal carcasses, and under roadside debris, these encounters are very dangerous as they are causing thousands of death in Iraq and Afghanistan annually (Tanielian, 2008, p. 11).
This strategy has taken a different direction ...

After the world war period, the United States America became the super power making it a key player in the international relations and the world police. This paper seeks to establish some incidences that have occurred portraying America as the world police and the impacts it has made in such regions/incidences.
Prior to 2003, Iraq was perceived by both United States of America and United Kingdom to be in possession of weapons of mass destruction. Due to the threat these weapons had on international scale, America and U.K had to act to stop the manufacturing of weapons of mass ...

Introduction

A few decades long conflict between Russia and Ukraine has reached its culminating point recently when Russia made a military invasion into the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and forcefully annexed them to the Russian Federation in the early 2014. This event has raised a huge controversy in the world. Several world leaders, including NATO, have vehemently criticized and opposed to this illegal annexation of the Ukrainian territory, by which the Russian Federation completely violated the assurance it had extended to Ukraine in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin cited that the ...

Abstract

This paper is on the topic of origins of the Cold War between The United States and The UUSR. The first section of this paper will discuss the origins of the Cold War. The second section of this paper will discuss who started the Cold War and the important events, individuals and ideas that shaped the development of the Cold War. The third section of this paper will discuss the influence of parties to share American policy towards the conflict. The final section of this paper will discuss if the cold war was fought at home or abroad.

Introduction

The ...

POL 300 Internal Problems

Truman doctrines
The presidential doctrines were introduced during the Cold War. The doctrines explained what the presidents stood for during this time of the war. President Harry Truman defined the United States foreign policy and how it applied to it being a super power. The content of the speech of the president to the congress is believed to have been the major cause of the Cold War. His speech is believed by historians to have led to the U.S being able to contain the war. The president was quoted as saying that he believed that it was the U.S ...

Introduction

Most people understand that the cold war an era that was viewed as being a very traumatic time for the United States and other nations from all over the world. With the fear of communism increasing, it was very significant for the United States of America to make sure it did not expand further, but at the same time avoiding and unnecessary conflict with the Soviet Union. The United States main fear was what they called the “Domino Affect”. (Maus) This theory means that if countries start falling to communist powers, others would too. Because of this fear, United States ...

The Arab Springs and Karl Marx’s Theory of Capitalism

Introduction
Sociology resonates around analysis and observation of social relations. It goes further than that and explains occurrences in life and their remedies. In the field of sociology, Karl Marx occupies an important niche for his appreciated contribution in terms of analysing, explaining and predicting societal events and outcomes. One would remember that Karl Marx opposed the concept of capitalism and predicted that it would crumble down to socialism before finally settling on communism. Indeed, it is also historically recorded that Karl Marx was the face and father of communism. His original theory has been adjusted by contemporary ...