Challenges posed by NATO

Context:

• Understanding the history of NATO’s challenge to the security posture of Russia would help identify the roots of the ongoing conflict.
• It might also provide a clearer picture of what institutional arrangements and assurances the Kremlin could accept as sufficient to pull back its troops and weaponry and engage in dialogue with the administration of Ukraine.

Background:

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance among 28 European countries and 2 North American countries.
• Established in the aftermath of WW-II the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty , signed 4 April 1949.
• The self-declared mission of NATO when it emerged on April 4, 1949, had three prongs: “deterring Soviet expansionism, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration.”