The importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in enhancing security in the eastern part of the Alliance Cover Image

Znaczenie Sojuszu Północnoatlantyckiego w umacnianiu bezpieczeństwa na wschodniej flance NATO
The importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in enhancing security in the eastern part of the Alliance

Author(s): Jacek Wodnicki
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Dolnośląskiej Szkoły Wyższej
Keywords: NATO;Russia;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this text is to analyze and assess steps taken by NATO in enhancing security in the eastern part of the Alliance. The research is conducted in connection with destabilization Georgia and Ukraine by Russian Federation. Russian aim is to hamper integration former Warsaw Pact countries with NATO, restoring supremacy in the region and regain status of the world’s superpower. This analysis covers the period from the NATO summit in Newport in 2014 and implementation by North Atlantic Council “Readiness action plan” – as an interim form of strengthening NATO’s eastern flank, and closes in 2018 with launching a NATO Readiness Initiative (4x30) during summit in Brussels. The importance of this subject is influenced by the fact that Republic of Poland is NATO’s eastern country and destabilization activities near its borders has negative influence security in the region.

  • Issue Year: 13/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 143-157
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish