NATO ŞI EUROPA DE SUD ÎN TIMPUL RĂZBOIULUI RECE. PERSPECTIVĂ ISTORICĂ ŞI EVALUARE GEOPOLITICĂ
NATO AND SOUTHERN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND GEOPOLITICAL EVALUATION
Author(s): Laurenţiu-Cristian DumitruSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: NATO; Southern Europe; integration; enlargement; risks; threats.
Summary/Abstract: At the end of the last World War, the political, military, economic and ideological confrontation arose between the groups of states with opposite interests, evolving in the sphere of influence of the superpowers during the balance of world powers in the bipolarity period between the US and USSR. Southern Europe had a particular importance for NATO, which resulted in its mission, consisting of ensuring the collective defence of member states in the area, protecting maritime communication routes, vital for Western Europe and barring the Soviet expansion into North Africa and the Middle East.
Journal: Buletinul Universităţii Naţionale de Apărare »Carol I«
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 53-63
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Romanian