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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established under the North Atlantic Treaty (Apr. 4, 1949) by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. Greece and Turkey entered the alliance in 1952, West... Read more |
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NATO
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) █ CARYN E. NEUMANN Headquartered in Brussels Belgium, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military and diplomatic alliance of countries in Europe and North America that offers security to its members by pooling military resources and... Read more |
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Lisbon Agreement on NATO Force Levels
Lisbon Agreement on NATO Force Levels (1952).The Lisbon force goals, which were adopted by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in February 1952, represented the high point of NATO's attempt to build up the conventional forces defending Western Europe following the outbreak of the Korean War. They were... Read more |
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Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty
CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE TREATY The United States, the Soviet Union, and twenty other member countries of the north atlantic treaty organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact signed the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty on November 19, 1990. The most complex and comprehensive... Read more |
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Terceira
Terceira , island (1991 pop. 59,248), 153 sq mi (396 sq km), in the N Atlantic, one of the central Azores , Portugal. The chief town is Angra do Heroísmo, which gives its name to the district. Grains, cattle, and embroidery are exported, and there is a growing tourist trade. There is a NATO... Read more |
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Norman Foster Ramsey
Norman Foster Ramsey 1915-, American physicist, b. Washington, D.C., Ph.D. Columbia Univ., 1940. A physics professor at Harvard after 1950, Ramsey also held several posts with such government and international agencies as NATO and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel... Read more |
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Coalition
A LLIANCES, C OALITIONS, ANDE NTENTES Warren F. Kimball During the end of the 1990s, globalism for most Americans meant an exhilarating combination of political security and economic prosperity. The Cold War had dissipated, while wages and... Read more |
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South-East Asia Treaty Organization
South-East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). A US-led security pact designed to contain communism in south-east Asia to North Vietnam. Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Thailand were the other signatories of the founding treaty of Manila (September 1954). SEATO... Read more |
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treaty of Brussels
Brussels, treaty of. Signed on 17 March 1948 between the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, it set up the Brussels Treaty Organization, also known as Western European Union. This purported to be a security pact based on shared cultural heritage of its members and... Read more |
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Poland
...Cooperation and Development (OECD). Poland faced huge problems in the transition...coalition, won elections in 1997. In 1999, Poland became a member of NATO. Kwaśsniewski was re-elected in 2000. Poland is expected to join the European Union... |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
...North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Intergovernmental organization...the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland joined. NATO's headquarters is in Brussels...against the Soviet Union. In 1995, NATO led the International Implementation... |
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Clinton, Bill
...1999, he brought the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland into NATO. In the Balkans, Clinton announced on 23 March 1999...ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo Crisis; the next day, NATO began air strikes against the Serbs. The war lasted... |
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NATO
NATO —the North Atlantic...Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and sections...The foundation for NATO had been set in Brussels...unrealistic; but by 1953, NATO had fielded 25 active...GDR), Hungary, Poland, and Romania.East... |
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Warsaw Pact
...entry of West Germany into NATO in 1955. Officially called...East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. However, unlike NATO, the Warsaw Pact was a multinational...Soviet proposal in 1987, NATO and the Warsaw Pact agreed...ending of the ... |
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Collective Security
...precipitating World War II when it attacked Poland in 1939.Although the breakdown of peace...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) used the rhetoric of collective security even though NATO and similar organizations, like the Soviet... |
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Germany, relations with
...with Hitler. Only when Germany persisted with the attack on Poland did Britain declare war on 3 September 1939.Hitler, it seems...within which West Germany could be rearmed, and included in NATO in 1955. From the formation of the European Economic Community... |
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Netherlands
...Germany invaded in May 1940; most Dutch Jews were deported to Poland and murdered. Queen Wilhelmina was exiled during World War...of her daughter, Juliana. In 1949, the Netherlands joined NATO, and Indonesia gained its independence. In 1957, it was a... |
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Europe
...known as the Cold War. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established to act as a deterrent to the spread of communism...produces more than one-third of the world's coal. Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, and Russia are the leading producers. Other... |
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United Kingdom
...failure. On September 3, 1939, after the German invasion of Poland, Britain declared war. Winston Churchill led a coalition government...independent nations joined the Commonwealth. In 1949, the UK joined NATO. In 1951, Churchill returned to power. In 1952, Elizabeth... |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
...North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) An association of European and...Since the collapse of the USSR, NATO has sought cooperation with Russia...the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland joined NATO in 1999.In 1995 NATO intervened... |
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Rapacki, Adam
...which proposed a ban on the deployment of nuclear missiles in West and East Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. NATO refused, however, as it feared that the absence of nuclear weapons in these countries would accentuate... |
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Solana Madariaga, Javier
...1988, and Foreign Minister in 1992. As NATO General Secretary from 1995, he promoted the alliance's expansion to include Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. He also coordinated NATO's response to the Bosnian civil war... |
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Warsaw Pact
...Federal Republic of Germany) into NATO. It had a dual function, as the chief military rival to NATO, and as the most effective...intervention loomed large in Poland just before the introduction...the GDR (East Germany), Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia... |
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East-West relations
...repression of dissidents in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and elsewhere...evident in the alliance systems of NATO and the WARSAW PACT. The period...alliance between Russia and NATO was signed. However, Russia...dismay at certain aspects of NATO policy and ... |
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Germany, Federal Republic of
...Oder. Germany has borders with Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland...treaties with the Soviet Union (1970), Poland (1970), Czechoslovakia (1973), and...provision. The Federal Republic joined NATO in 1955, when both army and airforce were... |
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Western European Union
...primary function was to supervise the rearmament and accession to NATO of West Germany. The Union formally ended the occupation of...Soviet satellite states of Eastern Europe (e.g. Bulgaria, Poland, Romania) were granted associate member status. The MAASTRICHT... |
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Poland and NATO enlargement
...Alliance to continue. For Poland, NATO membership is not only a question...to apply for membership in NATO. Poland seeks to be a full-fledged...subject of any settlement in a NATO-Russian agreement. Poland also shares the ... |
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Economic shock cure helped Poland rebound; The Poles have come far, against...
...This is a common theme in Poland: NATO membership gives Poland the stature...consumers of security" within NATO. Poland, said Foreign Minister Bronislaw...experience and from history. Poland in NATO can be a ... |
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NATO's biggest exercises in four years opens in Poland and Norway
00-00-0000 Dateline: WARSAW, Poland NATO has begun its biggest military exercise in four years...operation in Norway and a peace support operation in Poland. Poland joined NATO along with Hungary and the Czech Republic in March... |
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U.S. Promises Poland NATO Membership: But Clinton May Break Promise
...01-1995 U.S. Promises Poland NATO Membership: But Clinton May...will be problem about whether Poland is going to be in NATO, but "when and how.""How...States. What effect this has on Poland's NATO membership is not ... |
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AID PROMISE FOR POLAND NATO BID.(News)
...extra British aid to help Poland join NATO. Robertson, the first Government minister to visit Poland since Labour came to power...special relationship with Poland. "They are already our...will become a key ally in NATO." He added: "They... |
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NATO and its partners meet in Poland to increase cooperation in fighting...
...00-00-0000 Dateline: WARSAW, Poland NATO's 19 full members and its 27 partners...political and security consultation. Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister, Adam...Rotfeld said. Daniel Speckhard, NATO's deputy assistant secretary... |
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Poland: NATO should change strategy in Afghanistan
...Koziej said in an analysis that NATO is "passively waiting for developments...Otherwise, Koziej warned, NATO members could pull out and the...strategic catastrophe." All NATO members should rotate in Afghanistan...in line with U.S. plans. Poland, the seventh ... |
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Poland's NATO entry gave security guarantees: NATO chief
Poland's NATO entry gave security guarantees: NATO chief WARSAW, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Poland's NATO accession gave Poland a place at the...free market and free competition. Poland joined NATO ... |
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Clinton hails Poland in NATO // Amid enthusiasm, there are doubts
...is more enthusiasm for NATO membership in Poland than in either the Czech...Yet membership in NATO shouldn't mean that Poland copies everything about...pro-U.S. and pro-NATO sentiment is very strong in Poland," she said. ... |
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Poland's airborne cavalry hope to point the way for new NATO members
...World War II. Now, three years after Poland joined NATO, the 25th Airborne Cavalry Brigade...engineers and guards earned respect on NATO duty in Bosnia and Kosovo. Poland, the biggest country to join NATO since the Soviet Union dissolved... |
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