Questions tagged [nato]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established by the United States and much of Europe after the Soviet Union (Russia) invaded parts of Eastern Europe after World War II. Use for questions about the organization and the politics surrounding it.
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Could Russia become a member of NATO? [duplicate]
It would diffuse a lot of tension if Russia were part of NATO. I am curious what the criteria are, and if there is any structural reason that Russia couldn't be a member.
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Why does Ukraine not simply agree to Russia's demands? [closed]
All Russia seemingly want is for Ukraine to remain neutral and not join NATO or EU.
Why does Ukraine not simply agree to these demands?
If the only (realistic) options available to Ukraine are:
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Does any NATO country assume being under an "armed attack" if it suffers casualties due to a radiation leak?
As the title says, does any NATO country's defense doctrine identifies radiation leaks occurred elsewhere, but presumably causing casualties in such country, as an equivalent of armed attack against ...
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Why is Ireland not part of NATO?
The Republic of Ireland is a part of EU and shares similar security considerations as European countries in the North Atlantic theatre. It shares cultural and economic ties with most of the NATO ...
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Are there any EU/NATO/Atlantic help programs for Italy?
Italy now has the most deaths from COVID. It's even above China in that list.
Italian government asked for international help, some countries responded:
At first, China provided huge help
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Is NATO useful for military missions that are done by NATO-members, but not as NATO missions?
On the face of it, the question in the title seems banal: NATO members' armies practice in multinational maneuvers, have certain standards to allow their armies to integrate well with each other.
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Why did the UK agree to Spain's NATO membership seemingly without any Spanish concessions regarding Gibraltar?
It seems fairly clear (or at least plausible) what Spain was hoping to gain by NATO membership, which was consummated as a rather later affair in the closing decade of the Cold War:
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Do any European politicians advocate for creating an European Army and leaving NATO?
The United Kingdom with figures such as Thatcher being against a European army (ref here) and Tony Blair (ref here) who was for it, have been the most sceptical country towards the creation of a ...
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How is consensus enforced within NATO?
As NATO gets bigger, especially given the recent war in Ukraine, it would seem that it would get more and more difficult to maintain a diplomatic consensus, seeing as the more members there are, the ...
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Why does the subject of 2% of GDP for NATO became so important in 2017?
On 9th of June 2017, Donald Trump and the Romanian President had a meeting and a press conference. During their final discourses, they repeated almost obsessively about 2% of GDP for defense with NATO,...
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What will come after a US withdrawal from Afghanistan? [closed]
The United States and the Taliban may be nearing an agreement to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan after more than 17 years of conflict.
In return, the Taliban would commit to refusing access to ...
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Is the "War in Afganistan" a US military mission or a NATO Mission?
The NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan encompass about 13,500 troops, of which about 8,400 are members of US military assigned to NATO.
NATO describes the Resolute Support as a "training, ...
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If a NATO country starts a war, does the other NATO countries also enter the war [duplicate]
Ok, so I know that if a NATO country is attacked then so is all of the other NATO countries. But if a NATO country decides to enter another war between two countries, aiding one side, Does the rest ...
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Why is Russia threatening Ukraine *now*? [duplicate]
What does Russian government have to gain from the current build up and threatening possible invasion of Ukraine? answers why Russia is threatening Ukraine, but not why it has waited to do it in 2022 ...
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Why does USA not diminish its NATO related expenses in order to persuade other NATO members to contribute more?
At the NATO summit from 2017 (Brussels), Donald Trump emphasized that many NATO members are not contributing enough (source):
Twenty-three of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they
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Why doesn't Turkey trigger NATO article 5 in response to the Istanbul bombings?
Turkey recently launched Operation Claw-Sword against Kurdish separatists that they say are responsible for the Istanbul bombing on 13 November. It is a solo operation however. Why doesn't Turkey ...
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Why is Cyprus not a part of NATO?
Cyprus has a very credible military threat from its North and also hosts NATO bases. It also shares very strong cultural ties with Greece (a NATO member).
What is the reason for Cyprus not joining ...
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Why would Russia want to avoid a "disabling" arms race with the West?
This strategic reality will prompt the new Russian leadership, of
whatever composition and persuasion, to initiate a de-escalation of
tensions in its Nordic-Baltic neighborhood in order to avoid a
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Is there any agreement between Putin and NATO?
This website has states that:
On the 23rd of May, 2007, Putin signed an agreement (no 4100940-4) concerning the future intervention of NATO in Russia, in the event of civil disturbances, and natural ...
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If Turkish parliament wanted to ratify the Swedish and Finnish NATO applications, when, between now and July 1, would it be able to do so?
If Turkish parliament wanted to ratify the Swedish and Finnish NATO Accession Protocols then when, between now and July 1, would it be able to do so?
Considerations include the following:
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Did anybody expect Russie to invade? [closed]
Russia have always stated that Ukraine into NATO was a "red line" issue. It doesn't seem like that statement was respected, and now here we are, with Russia invading Ukraine.
My question is, ...
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Why has Turkey attached the EU accession condition late?
Turkey could have attached the EU accession condition with Finish NATO membership.
Why has it given Finland a free pass?
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Why don't NATO troops and untrained volunteers help Ukraine prepare fortified positions?
Recently, after the fall of Avdiivka, Russia made some relatively quick advances due to the lack of prepared defense lines. At this point, with Ukraine on the backfoot, its important for them to fight ...
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How would a neutral observer compare the presence of US nukes in Europe to the presence of Russian nukes in Belarus?
USA in Germany
Germany has no nuclear weapons of its own, but it stores 20 or fewer U.S. B-61 nuclear gravity bombs at Büchel air base, and maintains a fleet of aging Tornado fighter bombers to ...
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Which products do NATO countries (read US) exclusively produce? [closed]
Imagine Russia groups with China, Iran, North Korea, etc. They exchange currency to trade amongst themselves.
Would NATO countries still have something exclusively in their store that those countries ...
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Who funds the Global Public Policy Initiative?
There's this Berlin-based think tank called the Global Public Policy Initiative (GPPI). Their website says they are an "independent" institute, which in layman's terms means they're trying to ...
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Why do Poland and Lithuania push for NATO membership for Ukraine instead of sending troops to Ukraine directly?
Lithuanian and Polish presidents visit Kyiv, back Ukraine's path to NATO
Lithuania and Poland are in favor of Ukraine joining NATO. Presumably, this is because they view it as NATO's duty to protect ...
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What is the Russian code of procedure if a NATO missile strikes Russia by an accident? [closed]
India fires missile into Pakistan after ‘technical malfunction’
The above news says that India accidentally fired a supersonic missile into Pakistan. The most probable reason would be a technical ...
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What prevents Russia from mimicking the Iranian attack against Israel? [closed]
A question that has been bugging me for a while is: why hasn't Russia tested NATO unity by carrying a relatively harmless or deniable attack against a NATO member? Though until recently I imagined ...
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Russia re-integration into the West possible? [closed]
After the Russo-Ukrainian war ends, what is the probability for Russia, or territories from former Russia, to re-integrate with the West (e.g. pre-Russian Revolution) and what steps would be necessary ...
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Any concrete information about Ukrainian reforms, necessary for NATO?
There was a NATO summit some days ago, in Brussels. It confirmed a decision towards Ukraine being a NATO member. Article 69 of the joint Communiqué defines specific steps Ukraine has to take in order ...
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Is there a law that explicitly forbids ex-NATO members from rejoining if they left to avoid going to war because of Article 5? [duplicate]
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm
Collective defence means that an attack against one Ally is considered
as an attack against all Allies.
What prevents a member country to leave ...
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Would Finland's joining NATO be a violation of the 1947 Treaty of Paris?
Articles like this one by the Atlantic Council suggest that Finland and Sweden are going to join NATO and give up their neutrality. However would Finland's joining NATO not violate the 1947 Treaty of ...
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Is NATO discriminate to take action against any nation?
NATO and SEATO are organisations who come forward and fight for civilians rights and injustice. We experienced their activity in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. But why NATO is not taking actions against ...
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Can the NATO Command sue for the nullification of the treaty of accession of Hungary for non-compliance on the 2% contribution requirement?
Mr. Orban, Hungary's political leader, seems to be trying to use Hungary's membership in NATO by threatening to vote to not approve Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to the alliance unless it gets ...
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How does US Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton (ret) get to a "Look, you're attacking NATO... and we're going to consider our options to attack" scenario? [closed]
In CNN's April 5 2022 'The Russians are gone': What this image says about Russia's strategy after about 03;26 US Army Maj. Gen. (ret) Paul Eaton says (my best-effort transcription, there are no closed-...
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Why is the rest of NATO blaming the US for the situation in Afghanistan?
Example headline: 'Greatest debacle that NATO has seen': Biden stuns allies with Afghanistan mistakes expected of Trump
"You know, it is not the European Union who decided to leave Afghanistan,&...
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Could a fast-track migration to NATO-2.0 be a solution to Turkey's veto for Finland and Sweden? [closed]
As you likely know Finland and Sweden have recently applied for NATO membership, in order to be protected from Russia in case they get attacked like Ukraine. But Turkey has announced that they will ...
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If Russia is careful not to attack NATO countries, will occupation of west of Ukraine by USA end the war? [closed]
NATO countries are very careful to not attack Russian forces in Ukraine. The main rationale given for this is "Russia has nuclear weapons. Attacking Russian forces might lead to a nuclear war.&...
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How can a military exercise on the Black Sea happen with a closed Bosporus?
Romania holds a NATO naval military exercise on the Black Sea.
However, exactly the same war made also Turkey to close the Bosporus before military ships.
How can this exercise then happen? Afaik ...
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What are the conditions of NATO Article 5 invocation?
If a NATO member nation flagrantly and unjustifiably provokes attack by various means, can that nation then invoke Article 5? Or does that become a choice for each other NATO member nation to decide ...
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Why is Russia deploying soldiers near the border with Ukraine instead of in Siberia?
In recent news, Russia has been deploying its military near Ukraine in an effort to deter Ukraine from joining NATO. Russia has sent its requests to NATO and Russian president Putin has met American ...
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Has there been a judicial review of NATO's target selection in their bombing campaign against Serbia?
My question stems from the NATO campaign in Serbia in the 90s, a campaign that resulted in the bombing of marketplaces and hospitals, and in the destabilisation of the power grid.
I could not find any ...
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Was NATO military aid part of Russia's calculation for the invasion of Ukraine?
Was NATO military aid part of Russia's calculation for the invasion of Ukraine?
If YES, did they put out any statement that proves that?
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Would Sweden and Turkey as members of the NATO be a sort of follow-up on the 1739 Swedish-Ottoman alliance against the Empire of Russia? [closed]
From Wikipedia, 1739 in Sweden
Sweden form an alliance with the Ottoman Empire against the Empire of Russia. This is the first alliance between the Ottoman Empire and a Christian nation.
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