Davood Taremi; Farideh Mohammadalipour
Volume 4, Issue 12 , June 2020, , Pages 41-66
Abstract
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the product of post-World War II international conditions. NATO was established as a regional security regime ...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the product of post-World War II international conditions. NATO was established as a regional security regime aimed at countering Soviet expansionism. NATO was in a crisis of identity with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, which no longer saw the strategic enemy on its way. In its monopoly world, the United States has sought to preserve NATO and extend its influence from Europe to other parts of the world, especially the Middle East, in pursuit of its development goals. The 9/11 incident was a turning point in the new NATO security approach, for the first time that it went beyond Western Europe and deployed a large number of troops to the Middle East (Afghanistan). By presenting a new definition of threats, in the new international context, NATO has identified a wide range of global issues as new sources of threat and has paved the way for its role in any part of the world where its interests warrant. Going back to the research objective that seeks to examine NATO's position in US grand strategy and the US influence on NATO after the end of the Cold War, the research hypothesis states that in the monopoly world, NATO as a political-military arm, a tool for the US and under Its leadership has been to achieve US expansionist policies in every part of the world (the Middle East).
