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Why NATO is still best future security arrangements for Europe?
NATO can meet Western requirements in all three types of war-hedging against a resurgent Russia, providing the means to extend security guarantees to Cen- tral European countries, and reducing the already low probability of future tensions within Western Europe-both by preserving America’s role in Eu- rope as a …
Which European countries are not part of NATO?
Europe. Six EU member states, all who have declared their non-alignment with military alliances, are not NATO members: Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Malta, and Sweden.
What is NATO and why was it created?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.
Who is the most powerful European country?
Germany
Germany today is widely regarded as the most powerful country in Europe.
What happens if an EU member is attacked?
This clause provides that if an EU country is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other EU countries have an obligation to aid and assist it by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. This obligation of mutual defence is binding on all EU countries.
Does Europe have a military alternative to dependence on the US?
Europe has no meaningful near to mid-term alternative to dependence on the U.S. It would take a decade of a far more intensive level of additional European military spending than seems credible to give Europe such capabilities, and require a level of cohesive European action that is even less credible.
What does the new US defense strategy mean for Europe?
The new strategy may call for more European military efforts, but it strongly backs the NATO alliance and singles Russia out, along with China, as one of the two major challenges to U.S. security.
What does NATO need to do to improve its force planning?
NATO needs to return to the kind of serious force planning and focus on military strategy that shaped the NATO force planning exercise in the 1960s, the deployment of the GLCM and Pershing II, and the planning for MBFR and the CFE Treaty. It needs to set real military requirements and really meet them.
Should France and Germany form a European army?
France is the muscle, Germany is the money. The union of the two is a game changer. Even so, the establishment of a European army is far from a done deal. The main problem comes down to different views of the European project.