NATO

NATO: Effective Response to Terror or Institution Past its Prime?



Table of Contents

Introduction3

Historical Context And Evolution of Issue3

What does this mean in practice?5

Consultations5

Operations6

Capacity6

Cooperation with the Partners6

Disaster Preparedness and Consequence Management7

Response to the events of September 119

The end of the debate on out of area operations9

Strengthen the activities of NATO in against-terrorism10

Which NATO bodies play a central role?10

Conclusion11

NATO: Effective Response to Terror or Institution Past its Prime?

Introduction

The study is related to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it focuses on the role of NATO that is effective response to terrorism or it is an institution which has past its prime. The efforts of NATO has been important for the world in fight against against terrorism. It has palyed vital role in minimizing the terrorism and its effects; however, it is also observed that the efforts of NATO has also put negative impacts on the world, as in the fight against against terrorism various innocent people has also been killed due to which some school of thoughts believe that it is an institution which has past its prime. In addition to this, various analysts believe that North Atlantic Treaty Organization has made effective response in fight against terrorism.

Historical Context And Evolution of Issue

North Atlantic Treaty Organization that is the alliance of different countries provides the international community a set of unique resources for the fight against terrorism. First, it is a permanent consultation forum where debates can lead to collective decisions. Second, it has unparalleled military capabilities. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, commonly known as NATO, is a mutual defense alliance founded on April 4, 1949. NATO's most basic principle is that its 26 member countries pledge to regard an attack on any one of the members as an attack on all members and respond accordingly. In addition to responding after an attack, NATO also provides an organizational framework for joint military training, planning, and command and control during peacetime (Perry, Berg and Krukones, 2011). By fostering a high degree of military cooperation and preparedness, NATO aims to deter external threats and advance the collective security of its members.

NATO was one of a number of supranational organizations established in Europe following World War II. Although varied in form and function, these international organizations helped facilitate Europe's postwar recovery by promoting economic and political cooperation. While the European Union and its predecessors focused mainly on economics, NATO emerged as the foremost organization related to military and security issues. As the Soviet Union tightened its control over much of Eastern Europe after 1945, the United States and its European allies began discussing ways to fend off possible Soviet advances into Western Europe (Sloan, 2003). Comparatively small and still recovering from World War II, it appeared unlikely that these Western European countries, even if they joined together, could repulse an attack launched by the much larger Soviet Union.

As a result, NATO was established with the implicit purpose of deterring a Soviet attack by promising a direct American military response, including the possibility of nuclear ...