NATO by Jennifer Medcalf

By Jennifer Medcalf

A radical evaluate of NATO's post-Cold conflict army and non-military actions, this accomplished learn additionally covers its position given that September eleven.

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A central role for nato after 9/11? In the weeks following 9/11 there was neither resistance to the measures NATO took nor great concern about the way in which the United States initially dealt with the crisis. 33 As the war against terrorism progressed, however, this positive reading of NATO’s role was revealed to be misleading. The United States responded to the attacks by launching Operation Enduring Freedom on 7 October 2001. Operation Enduring Freedom was a series of military strikes against the Taleban leadership and al-Qaida forces in Afghanistan, conducted with support from the United Kingdom.

These three tasks were completed by 27 June 1996. IFOR also contributed to the civilian aspects of the Dayton Peace Accord. Without a secure environment, political and civil reconstruction would have been seriously hindered, so IFOR’s implementation of the military aspects of the Dayton Peace Accord was a crucial first step. IFOR also co-operated closely with governmental and non-governmental organizations and offered support services to these bodies, including transport assistance, emergency accommodation, medical treatment and evacuation, as well as restoring telecommunications and electricity, gas and water supplies.

In the DPC, Germany and Belgium backed down and consensus was finally reached. When, on 19 February 2003, the DPC authorized defensive measures to assist Turkey, Operation Display Deterrence began on 26 February 2003 and ended two months later on 30 April 2003. In spite of the eventual resolution of Turkey’s defence request, the war over Iraq, as well as the rifts before and after represented one of the most damaging incidents in transatlantic relations in recent years. Resolving the crisis by convening the DPC did not silence those who believed that NATO had been irreparably damaged by the Iraq War.

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