Problems with the Expansion of NATO
Throughout the Clinton years the government has tried to make NATO expansion look like a risk free operation. But the truth is that there are many risks and dangers that go with the expansion of NATO. It has been said that the expansion of NATO would be a fatal error in the American policy.
As NATO expands it is drawing an imaginary dividing line separating the many
NATO nations from the Ukraine, Russia and other countries in the eastern half of the world. The goal should be to settle things between Russia by joining with them and making good relationships with them economically, militarily, and politically. This was done between the U.S. and Germany after World War II to end the threat between Germany and its neighbors. Why shouldn’t we do it now. But as NATO expands the dividing line grows darker and darker between these nations. Since the Cold War era the goal has been to reduce nuclear weapons in Russia. But as NATO expands it scares Russia, who thinks to compete with NATO the only thing they can do is put emphasis on nuclear weapons. Russia’s economy is no where near the strength of the United States which drives them to depend on nuclear weapons. It is the cheapest way for them to compete with us. Russia has always and will continue to have a great fear of foreign invasion as long as NATO expands. As NATO expands it sends fear into Russia that NATO is increasing in domination in former Soviet territories. As NATO expands it only will hurt any good relations that the United States has with Russia.
There are also many economic setbacks in the expansion of NATO. Many of the nations will have to spend great amounts of money to modernize their militaries to the
NATO standards. Many of these countries cannot afford expenses like that. It would just send small nations economies into the ground causing the needed economic reforms to be that much more difficult to achieve. One example of this is the Czech Republic that is receiving pressure from other NATO nations to modernize their military. The Czech
Republic economy does not have that kind of money though. As NATO expands many of the smaller countries cannot or do not want to pay extra fees for things like military enlargement. These expenses will most likely get dumped on us. Causing the United
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance of 26 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4 1949. The fundamental goal of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means. NATO links North America and Europe by providing a forum in which the United States, Canada and European countries can consult together on security issues of common concern and take joint action in addressing them.
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The author doesn’t forget to mention the relationship between USA and NATO. He thinks that Americans welcome NATO as a weapon for America’s affairs, not of the world’s. In his final words, it is suggested that either Europe should invite USA to leave NATO or Europe should expel America from it.
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Morrison, James W. April 1995. NATO Expansion and Alternative Future Security Alignments. McNair Paper 40 (http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/macnair/m040cont.html)
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