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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a military alliance originally established in
1949 with 12 member states, including America, Britain and France. The goal of the
alliance was to avoid future war in Europe and to allow stable growth in peace. Today,
NATO has 28 members including most of Europe, representing a population of more than
900 million.
The main goal of NATO is set out in Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty, which says that
an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against them
all. As the US is the biggest military power in the world effectively the agreement
binds America to defend Europe.
The following maps and charts try to explain what is NATO and why its needed.
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source: CNDUK
3.NATO has added 12 new members since theGerman reuni cationand the end
of theCold War.
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In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11
other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Soviet
Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the
Warsaw Pact, in 1955.
source: Stratfor
5. Russia is testing NATOs reaction time around the world (events between 2013
and 2015)
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de Volkskrant
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source: VOX
8.Military spendings
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The US spends more than the next 15 countries combined on its defence budget. China is
the only nation approaching the USs defence budget, In 2015 Chinese military budget
increased from $129 to $216 billion.
source: VOX
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source: technocraticparty.us
source: Politico
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source: Makanaka
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source: Stratfor
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source: Imgur
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professor of cartography I was surrounded by maps all my life and as a result spatial way of thinking and
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