North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The background to it's formation
For years Britain had supported Greece, but was now near bankruptcy due to the Second World War and was thus forced to end all meaningful involvement in Greece. This is why Britain formally requested the United States take over its role in supporting Greece during the February of 1947. Yugoslavia and Bulgaria had also got plans to spread communism to Greece, conquer Albania and set up a Yugoslav puppet state in Greek Macedonia. The Berlin airlift also increased the perception among many Europeans that the Soviets posed a danger, helping to prompt the entry into NATO of Portugal (fascist), Iceland (weak), Italy (communist insurgency), Denmark (weak) and Norway (bordered the USSR). The Icelandic NATO riot of March 30, 1949 was the only major public protest over NATO at the time.

In Europe

 * 1) Greece and Turkey the military alliance joined NATO in 1952 since it guaranteed their protection from communist invasion and terrorism.
 * 2) Politicly unstable Spain joined in 1982.
 * 3) Germany reunited in 1990.
 * 4) Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic joined the organization, amid much debate within the organization and Russian opposition in 1999. They were scared of Russia's slide toward dictatorship.
 * 5) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania joined NATO on 29 March 2004. The were disgusted by Russia's bullying tactics and cutting gas supply to Ukraine.
 * 6) Albania and Croatia joined on 1 April 2009. The were concerned about any long turn resurgent Serbian treat.
 * 7) Finland, Moldova, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia and Montenegro have either recently asked to join or were invited to join at a later date.
 * 8) The Republic of Kosovo wants to join NATO, but the racist nations Greece and Spain as well as the former Eastern bloc nations of Romania, Slovakia, do not recognize Kosovo's independence and neither dose the UN United Nations membership.
 * 9) In 2011, NATO officially recognised four aspiring members: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Macedonia has been prevented from joining the alliance by Greece, who has racist views even about it's name 'Macedonia'. Sweden, Finland, Serbia, and Ukraine have had recent open political debate on the topic of membership.

Possible global moves
Some have proposed expanding NATO outside of Europe, which would require amending Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty.

The proposals cover Mexico, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, South Africa, India, Singapore, Israel, Australia, India and Japan.

During the June 2013, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos stated his hope that Colombia's cooperation with NATO could result in NATO membership, but his Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Pinzon, quickly clarified that Colombia is not actively seeking NATO membership.

NATO's rules

 * 1) Willingness to settle international, ethnic or external territorial disputes by peaceful means, commitment to the rule of law and human rights, and democratic control of armed forces.
 * 2) Ability to contribute to the organization's defence and missions.
 * 3) Devotion of sufficient resources to armed forces to be able to meet the commitments of membership.
 * 4) Security of sensitive information, and safeguards ensuring it.
 * 5) Compatibility of domestic legislation with NATO cooperation.
 * 6) Mutual defence, a 'one for all and all for one' doctrine.

The controversy
These December 14-15, 2014 blog comments by Shartlotina11 summarise it perfectly- Russia understandably opposed the eastward expansion of NATO and American plans to build a limited missile defense system (which would have required changes to or the US withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty). Russia strongly hinted that any progress on START III would be subject to the satisfaction of its concerns on these issues. In addition, a Russian proposal to reduce stockpiles still further to 1,000-1,500 warheads was opposed by the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Germany should have gone pure neutral like the Swiss or maybe neutral with a Western tendency like Austria.

Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic and the Baltic States soon joined either the EU and/or NATO since they have never relay liked Russia and/or Serbia.

Boris Yestin was a bad leader and got it all wrong. The economy failed and the EU enticed over Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden and Austria.

Chechnya went crazy and is still partly infested with Islamic terrorists and Al-Qaeda secret agents.

The USA has biult some bases in Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan as has Russia to help sort out Afghanistan. India has a airbase in Tajikistan to.

I heard of plans for a NATO base in Latvia.

Russia still has a base in Sirya and the UK still has Diago Garcia Island near the Maldives.

Russia understandably opposed the eastward expansion of NATO and American plans to build a limited missile defense system (which would have required changes to or the US withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty). Russia strongly hinted that any progress on START III would be subject to the satisfaction of its concerns on these issues. In addition, a Russian proposal to reduce stockpiles still further to 1,000-1,500 warheads was opposed by the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Germany should have gone pure neutral like the Swiss or maybe neutral with a Western tendency like Austria.

Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic and the Baltic States soon joined either the EU and/or NATO since they have never relay liked Russia and/or Serbia.

Boris Yestin was a bad leader and got it all wrong. The economy failed and the EU enticed over Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden and Austria.

Chechnya went crazy and is still partly infested with Islamic terrorists and Al-Qaeda secret agents.

Crimea, Kharkov and Donetsk are ethnically. Crimea, was attached to Ukraine in the 1950's or 1960's. Ukraine should have given then independence or autonomy since instability has ruined the nation and now lead to it's collapse. Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko just did not get this point and screwed up big time!

From 1998 to 2000, Leonid Kuchma's bodyguard Mykola Mel'nychenko was allegedly eavesdropping Kuchma's office, later publishing the recordings. The release of the tapes – dubbed "Kuchmagate" by the Ukrainian press – supposedly revealed Kuchma's numerous crimes. In particular, his approving the sale of radar systems to Saddam Hussein (among other illegal arms sales) and ordering the Ukraine's police minister to "take care" of the journalist Georgiy Gongadze.

Leonid Kravchuk and Petro Poroshenko are the only ones who appeared in any way able to run the divided nation.

The Czechs and Poles wanted an anti-missile shield to. Poland still wants one. It is scared of Russia and/or Ukraine attacking it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_missile_defense_complex_in_Poland

http://rt.com/news/poland-accelerates-missile-shield-189/

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/if-necessary-alone-the-shield-of-poland-022785/

http://csis.org/blog/obama-throwing-eastern-europe-under-bus

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20141103/DEFREG01/311030025/Poland-Buy-Short-Range-Missiles-Amid-Tensions-Russia

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-scraps-bush-missile-defense-plan/story?id=8604357

Russian aircraft https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-denies-near-miss-passenger-jet-132540072.html#xFQKoKz and subs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29752368 harras Scandinavia.

Putin claimes there is a plot by NATO to cause a Yugoslav style clapse of Russia (well, Putin is the new Malosovic, but has more drab neckties). He accuses the West and the USA in pericular of trying to underming and intimidate Russia. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/04/russia-putin-foreign-policy/19878441/

Now Russia kicks Denmark.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-threatens-denmark-with-nuclear-weapons-if-it-tries-to-join-nato-defence-shield-10125529.html

[Swedish Aircraft ]https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-denies-near-miss-passenger-jet-132540072.html#xFQKoKz

And Sweden stated that Russian submarine invaded them .. searched for 2 months, spent a lot of money, and have not found .. Sweden stated that the evidence - people saw as the submarine surfaced))

[Swedish aircraft] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29752368

Shartlotina11

The parallel universe
The Chiba Confrence saw Australia, New Zealand, Kuwait, Sweden, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Jamaica and Japan also asked to join NATO after the 2nd August 1990 to 28th February 1991 war in Iraq, but they all declined the offer.

Nepal join in the April of 1993, Gabon joined in the May of 1993 and Fiji joined on the 12th of August, 1993.

Outside links

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_anti-NATO_riot_in_Iceland
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Czechoslovak_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Doctrine
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade
 * http://www.nato.int/
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO