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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was composed of North America and Northern and Western Europe to protect the North Atlantic.
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What are regional security alliances?
A regional security alliance is when several countries get together to help another country with security and military issues.
NATO is a regional security alliance that was formed to promote the defense of what?
NATO stands for 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'.NATO promotes the defense of all NATO member countries.
Who formed NATO and why?
NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization; formed in the late 40s by the US and non-Communist Europe to defend against the USSR.
Nato is a regional security alliance that promotes the defence of which region?
Western Europe
What is the military alliance created to defend western Europe?
NATO is the military alliance that was created to defend Western Europe from a possible Soviet attack.
What happens when a nation attacks a NATO member?
All other member nations will help defend it
What was NATO originally established to do?
To defend Western Europe from the seven-member Warsaw Pact in case of war. The Warsaw Pact was disbanded years ago, but NATO has survived anyway.
Collective Defense?
The concept that allied nations agree to defend one another in the face of an invasion. NATO was founded on this idea. NATO wants to increase international solidarity to prevent conflicts.
How does NATO stack up against Russia militarily?
Since the USA is a member of NATO, NATO is far superior. NATO _without_ American support would be a pushover to the Russians. A big part of that is that NATO is overreliant on American power. If they had to defend themselves with only their own resources, then most of the NATO nations would be forced to severely curtail their social welfare state and invest more heavily in defense.
Which of these nations did not join NATO and pledge to defend other member nations in the case of an outside attack?
Soviet Union
What is the the role of the Royal Canadian Navy?
To defend Canada's maritime interests and as a member of NATO, to contribute to the safeguarding of the North Atlantic.
What do the members of NATO agree to do for each other?
NATO is a mutual defense alliance, by which all members agree to come to the aid of any other member if that member has been attacked by any other nation. Originally it was formed to defend specifically against the Warsaw Pact nations, but even after the end of the Cold War and the Warsaw Pact, NATO still exists to defend against whatever military threat may arise.
