The Multinational Environment: The UN

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The Multinational EnvironmentThe UN NATO in
the Post Cold War Era

• SLOW, Lesson 9

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Last Week

• Joint Strategic Planning System
• JROC and JWCA process

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JSPS

• Points to remember
• Common functions of the services
• JSPS Products
• JSPC and joint operational planning

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Points to remember

• Main goal of the JROC
• CCs and the JWCA Process

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The Multinational Environment

• Educational Objectives
• The evolving nature of the UN and NATO
• Relationship between the US and the UN
• Relationship between the US and NATO
• Decision making processes of the UN and NATO
• Problems and prospects of the UN and NATO

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Context

• The U.N.
• After WWII
• NATO
• Early Cold War
• Conflict resolution
• After the Cold War

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USSR Threat in Europe

• USSR annexes
• Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
• parts of Finland, Romania, Poland, NE Germany,
  E. Czechoslovakia
• USSR occupies
• Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungry, Romania,
  Bulgaria, E. Germany, part of Austria Iran

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West Forms NATO

• US Canada suggest expansion of Brussels Treaty
  Group of 5 nations (UK, FR, Neth, BEL, LUX) to 12
• Invite Norway, Iceland, Italy, Denmark,
  Portugal to join
• Total of 12 Nations form NATO

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NATO April 1949
UK FRANCE NETH BEL LUX DENMARK NORWAY PORTUGAL ITA
LY ICELAND CANADA U.S
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NATO Charter Article 5

• The Parties agree that an armed attack against
  one or more of them in Europe or North America
  shall be considered an attack against them all
• and each of them, if such an attack occurs
  under Article 51 of the UN Charter, will
  assist the party(ies) attackedincluding the use
  of armed force...

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NATO 1961-1986
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NATO 1989-1991
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Europe 1998 PFP
RUSSIA
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Europe 1998
Cold War Europe
Post Cold War
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New issues

• Globalization
• Financial instability
• Economic and political development
• Environmental concerns
• Refugees

• Terrorism
• Drug trafficking
• Money laundering
• Ethnic and nationalist conflict

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The United Nations

• Purpose
• Types of power
• Chap VI Peacekeeping
• Chap VII Peace-enforcement
• Limitations

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Purpose
• April 1949
• Jan 1994
• March 1999
• Relationship to the U.N.

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U.S. Interests

• Sustaining NATO
• Issue
• FRY
• U.S. response

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Issues for Consideration

• NATOs Strategic Concept
• Dissolving or Expanding NATO
• Comparing the PFP with NATO
• Impact of the U.N. and NATO on the U.S.

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NATOs Strategic Concept

• What is NATOs strategic concept in t he post
  Cold War era?

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Dissolving or Expanding NATO

• What are some of the arguments for dissolving or
  expanding NATO?

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Comparing the PFP with NATO

• How does the PFP differ from NATO expansion?

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Impact of the U.N. and NATO on the U.S.

• How do you think U.N and NATO decision-making
  impact the U.S. in terms of its own
  decision-making?

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Points to remember

• Collective defense
• Shift of NATOs role in PCW era
• Difference between US obligation in NATO and the
  UN
• PFP

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Next week

• Case Study Axis Strategy in WWII

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Remember

• Tracers work both ways.