1. The Impact of NATO's New Missions on the Interests and National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Book Review)
- Author:
- Fahimeh Ghorbani
- Publication Date:
- 01-2011
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs
- Institution:
- Center for Strategic Research (CSR)
- Abstract:
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), originally created in the post-WW2 world as an organization dedicated to the collective defense of its member states and a countervailing force against the Warsaw Pact, has undergone tremendous change since. The first major turning point came in the wake of the end of the Cold War and the bipolar world. The new situation changed the Organization's mission, functions, and policies mainly within the European theatre, as best reflected in NATO's military intervention in the Balkans (former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The second wave of change came in the wake of 9/11 and the subsequent direct engagement in Afghanistan; NATO's new function as a military arm of the United Nations – which continues to date.
- Topic:
- NATO, Cold War, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan, Europe, Yugoslavia, and Balkans