Essays on Military Alliance

World War II

The aftermath of the global economic crisis was rapidly building contradictions between the imperialist countries that were unevenly developed. There was also a crisis in international relations, especially when Versailles-Washington system collapsed. Now Germany, Italy and Japan wanted to achieve dominance over their competitors, which were Britain, France and the United States of America. Therefore, aggressive foreign policy of fascist states created a military threat to the world. The second group of countries (Allies) sought to maintain their positions, directing their actions against the fascist states, and the Soviet Union, as they were counting on mutual exhaustion of both sides in ...

NATO has seen enlargement through its period of inception. Since its establishment in April 1949 with a mere half a dozen members, its current standing stands at nearly 28 members from different parts of the world engaged in defense and military alliance. However with the developments taking place and the end of the Cold War and Afghanistan invasion, the need has been felt for expanding the circle of members list of NATO. This decision would have its repercussions in multiple facets and all these must be taken into account. Each of the member state has its own views and concerns with ...

The Cold War was a global confrontation between the two military and political blocs led by the Soviet Union and the United States, which did not come down to an open military conflict. The concept of the "cold war" appeared in journalism in 1945-1947 and gradually stuck in the political dictionary. After the Second World War, the world was actually divided into the spheres of influence of two blocks with different social systems. The Soviet Union and the United States have sought to expand their spheres of influence. But the rough equality of forces between the blocks, and then ...

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China is a most neighboring country in the world. China has close relationship with many regional countries, because of its complex strategic subject. This county of the rising sun has good surroundings of territorial water and many countries would definitely grab those regions apart, so there is a huge problem with its neighboring countries in territory. China has modern problems with border in Northwest to Southeast continental line, with five central Asian countries. The Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts and India dispute problem; the right side of the V type line is a Southwest to Northeast sea line, with the battle of Korean ...

Establishment

Abstract America took the initiative to create the security mechanism to involve the majority of democratic countries and stabilize Europe, because the fact that the Soviet Union no longer controlled the surrounding countries increased the tensions in the region. In April 4, 1949, the countries signed a final treaty that established NATO. The USSR has strongly opposed the formation of the organization. In a response, it created its own structure to maintain its stability in the Western Europe. Not all countries became beneficial because of the creation of NATO. Some countries found themselves on the wage of the war with ...

Introduction 3

Definition of large and small nations 3 Background and Theory of Alliances 3 Theories 4 a. Free-riding theory 4

Challenges Mobilizing Nations to Produce Public Goods Globally 6

b. Game Theory 6 c. Dependency theory 7 d. Pareto efficiency 8 Conclusion 8

Bibliography 10

Introduction Strategic alliances have been used over the decades by firms pursuing diverse economic goals. Strategic alliances have become an essential feature in the global economy, especially due to the challenges paused by factors such as rapid globalization. As an emerging way of action, alliances have been viewed as a solution to implementing efficient global strategies capable of enhancing growth ...

- Some argue that NATO is not just a military alliance, but also a political organization. To what extent is this valid argument? NATO is perhaps one of the most continuing and complex political and military organization on the global field in the modern times. All over the six decades of existence, it has been thoroughly evaluated, studied, analyzed and commented upon, however many theorists are still determining its operations. Both these scenarios justified the establishment of NATO that could deal effectively with the Soviet threat as well as the USA’s dominance of the region. The European countries ...