Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is the most powerful military alliance in modern history. Founded in 1949, in the thick of the Cold War, it was meant to protect Western Europe against the expansion of the Soviet Union.
The disappearance of its enemy in 1991 did not dissolve it. The organization spent thirty years searching for a purpose, until Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ended every doubt about what it was for.
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- 2Origins: a shield against the Eastern bloc
- 3After the Cold War: enlargement and new missions
- 4The shock of 2022 and the return of territorial defense
- 5NATO and the challenges of the 21st century
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary11 terms explained in a tap.
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