[精选]NATO in the 21st century --21世纪的美国航天航空局.pdfVIP

NATO st in the 21 century Table of Contents 4-5 Responding to new security threats 6-7 Alliance origins 8-9 End of the Cold War 10-11 How NATO works 12-13 Building security through partnerships 14-15 NATO enlargement 16-17 NATO in the Balkans 18 NATO’s wider activities 19 The transatlantic relationship 20-21 Transforming the Alliance 22-23 Into the future The Atlantic Alliance The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) embodies the transatlantic link that binds Europe and North America in a unique defence and security alliance. NATO’s essential and enduring purpose, set out in the Washington Treaty, is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. To this end, NATO has provided for the collective defence of its members since its foundation in 1949. It has also acted as an essential forum for consultation on security issues of interest to its members, and as an essential pillar of peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. With the end of the Cold War, the Alliance took on new fundamental tasks, including building security partnerships with democracies across Europe, through the Ca