NATO-RUSSIA RELATIONS: EVOLUTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES
NATO-RUSSIA RELATIONS: EVOLUTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES

Summary/Abstract: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a political-military alliance that formed in 1949, through the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington on April 4, 1949, and comprises 29 states from Europe and NorthAmerica.The Warsaw Pact or the Warsaw Treaty, officially called the "Treaty of friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance", was established as a military alliance of the countries of Eastern Europe and the Eastern Bloc as a response tothe creation of NATO's alliance, signed in Warsaw on 14 May 1955, comprised 8states and was dissolved at the meeting in Prague on 1 July 1991.After the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, former opponents - Russiaand NATO - were forced to find new forms of coexistence in a totally differentsecurity environment than the previous one. This has prompted both sides tocooperate in various forums, partnerships, councils, programs, contacts, summits and academic exchanges.Over the last decade, NATO-Russia relations have been a significant partof European security policy even though the "special" and sometimes controversial relationship between the two entities has evolved much including many activities in various areas of cooperation.

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