The North Atlantic Treaty Organization,also called the North Atlantic Alliance,is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states –28 European and two North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II,the organization implemented the North Atlantic Treaty,signed in Washington,D.C.,on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system:its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War,NATO operated as a check on the perceived threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans,the Middle East,South Asia,and Africa. The organization's motto is animus in consulendo liber.
The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) is a post–Cold War,North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) institution. The EAPC is a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and Central Asia. States meet to cooperate and discuss political and security issues. It was formed on 29 May 1997 at a Ministers’meeting held in Sintra,Portugal,as the successor to the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC),which was created in 1991.
The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs,favoring Atlanticism,founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosperity. It is headquartered in Washington,D.C. It is a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states:Armenia,Belarus,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,and Tajikistan. The Collective Security Treaty has its origins in the Soviet Armed Forces,which was replaced in 1992 by the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States,and was then itself replaced by the successor armed forces of the respective independent states.
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a non-partisan American public policy think tank that seeks to promote cooperation and understanding between North America and the European Union.
William Joseph Burns is an American diplomat serving as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Biden administration since March 19,2021. He previously served as the United States deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014,and in 2009 he served as Acting Secretary of State before the Senate confirmation of Hillary Clinton. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2014 after a 32-year diplomatic career. From 2014 to 2021,he served as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Victoria Jane Nuland also known as Toria Nuland is an American diplomat currently serving as under secretary of state for political affairs. Nuland,a former member of the foreign service,served as the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs at the United States Department of State from 2013 to 2017 and U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO from 2005 to 2008. She held the rank of career ambassador,the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service. She is the former CEO of the Center for a New American Security,(CNAS),serving from January 2018 until early 2019,and is also the Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University,and a member of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy. She served as a nonresident fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution and senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group.
Relations between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine are shaped through the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). Ukraine is a priority partner within the Eastern Partnership and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The EU and Ukraine have been seeking an increasingly close relationship,going beyond co-operation,to gradual economic integration and deepening of political co-operation. On 23 June 2022,the European Council granted Ukraine the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union.
The 2004 Istanbul summit was held in Istanbul,Turkey from 28 to 29 June 2004. It was the 17th NATO summit in which NATO's Heads of State and Governments met to make formal decisions about security topics. In general,the summit is seen as a continuation of the transformation process that began in the 2002 Prague summit,which hoped to create a shift from a Cold War alliance against Soviet aggression to a 21st-century coalition against new and out-of-area security threats. The summit consisted of four meetings.
NATO is a military alliance of twenty-eight European and two North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty,which allows for the invitation of "other European States" only and by subsequent agreements. Countries wishing to join must meet certain requirements and complete a multi-step process involving political dialog and military integration. The accession process is overseen by the North Atlantic Council,NATO's governing body. NATO was formed in 1949 with twelve founding members and has added new members eight times. The first additions were Greece and Turkey in 1952. In May 1955,West Germany joined NATO,which was one of the conditions agreed to as part of the end of the country's occupation by France,the United Kingdom,and the United States,prompting the Soviet Union to form their own collective security alliance later that month. Following the end of the Franco regime,newly-democratic Spain chose to join NATO in 1982.
Relations between the NATO military alliance and the Russian Federation were established in 1991 within the framework of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. In 1994,Russia joined the Partnership for Peace program,and on 27 May 1997,the NATO–Russia Founding Act (NRFA) was signed at a NATO Summit in Paris,France,enabling the creation of the NATO–Russia Permanent Joint Council (NRPJC). Through the early part of 2010s NATO and Russia signed several additional agreements on cooperation. The NRPJC was replaced in 2002 by the NATO–Russia Council (NRC) established for handling security issues and joint projects.
Evelyn Nicolette Farkas is an American national security advisor,author,and foreign policy analyst. She is the current Executive Director of the McCain Institute,a nonprofit focused on democracy,human rights,and character-driven leadership.
Antony John Blinken is an American government official and diplomat serving since January 26,2021 as the 71st United States secretary of state. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.
The Slovak Atlantic Commission is a Slovak independent non-governmental organization,active in the area of domestic and international policy and security.
Resolute Support Mission (RSM) or Operation Resolute Support was a NATO-led multinational mission in Afghanistan. It began on 1 January 2015 as the successor to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF),which was completed on 28 December 2014. Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2189 of 2014,RSM was a noncombat mission aimed at advising and training Afghan security forces to provide long-term security to the country,under the aegis of the Security and Defence Cooperation Agreement BSA between the United States and Afghanistan,which was originally supposed to run from 1 January 2015 and "shall remain in force until the end of 2024 and beyond" unless terminated with two years' advance notice.
GLOBSEC is a non-partisan,non-governmental organisation based in Bratislava,Slovakia. One of its main activities is the annual GLOBSEC Bratislava Global Security Forum,in existence since 2005. Other projects include the Tatra Summit conference on European affairs or Chateau Béla Central European Strategic Forum. Its think-tank called GLOBSEC Policy Institute boasts a wide research area based on four pillars. Its main outputs are policy papers and analyses on different topics in the area of international politics and security issues. Since 2016,GLOBSEC is not only the name of one of the top forums on international security worldwide,but also of the legal entity and organiser of the Forum.
The relationship between Azerbaijan and NATO started in 1992 when Azerbaijan joined the newly created North Atlantic Cooperation Council. Considerable partnership between NATO and Azerbaijan dates back to 1994,when the latter joined Partnership for Peace program. Azerbaijan established a diplomatic Mission to NATO in 1997 by the Presidential Decree on 21 November.
Julie D. Fisher is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Cyprus since February 2023. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Belarus from 2020 to 2022.
The Lublin Triangle is a regional alliance of three European countries –Lithuania,Poland,and Ukraine –for the purposes of strengthening mutual military,cultural,economic and political cooperation and supporting Ukraine's integration into the European Union and NATO. The Lublin Triangle initiative invokes the integrative heritage of the 1569 Union of Lublin.
Julianne Smith is an American foreign policy advisor and diplomat who serves as the United States Permanent Representative to NATO in the Biden administration. She previously served as deputy national security advisor to then-Vice President Biden in the Obama administration.
