How Effective Is The United Nations? http://testu.be/1IPzO2N Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Since its creation in 1949, NATO has had a major influence on international defense and...
========== In response to Russian territorial ambitions
in nearby countries, Sweden and Ukraine have expressed interest in joining the protective
alliance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. With so many countries already a part of NATO,
we wanted to know more about the history and influence of the organization. So how powerful
is NATO? Well, after World War 2, the Soviet Union
gained power and forcefully spread communism into neighboring countries like Germany and
Czechoslovakia. NATO was created as a unified front amongst Western nations against potential
Soviet aggression. This alliance also sought to prevent future wars and devastation. At
its outset in 1949, there were 12 original NATO members, including the United States,
the United Kingdom and France. Today, th...