N.A.T.O

Hi! I am Bowen Wang. I am going to continuous research about NATO.

Why did people establish this kind of organization?

So, there was lots of country sign the Treaty in Brussels. And they agreed that an armed attack against any one of the member of NATO would be considered an attack against them all, the result is all of NATO member's country will fight back the country who attack them.

At first, the NATO is more like a political association. And there was two US supreme commanders control the military structure. The goal of this association is "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and Germans down." and rival with Warsaw Pact, which formed in 1955. The first NATO Secretary General is Lord Ismay.

How does the decision made in NATO?

All NATO decisions are made by the member courtiers, which should in a same opinion. The North Atlantic Council (NAC) is the main decision-making part in NATO. Each member countries have representatives; they meet together and make decisions. The NAC has the same powers regardless of the formation it meets under. The NAC meets twice a week, every Tuesday for an informal lunch discussion, and every Wednesday for a decision-taking session. The representatives are Head of government, foreign ministers, and defense ministers. Their job is to provide advice on military policy and strategy to NATO’s political leaders.

            In my opinion, I think NATO is created by a cold war situation. They are saying that we are here to protect our own member countries; it is actually saying that we are here to prepare the war against Russia, specially the Warsaw Pact. They are just so ready for the war. Until the Warsaw Pact fall apart leads to end the cold war.