| The collapse of socialistic block by the late 1990s | | | | geographically broad interpretation of European |
| gave rise to doubts as to timeliness of the North | | | | countries.The United Stated in their relying on closest |
| Treaty Alliance Organization that in fact had | | | | European allies needed, on the one hand, to back up |
| accomplished its mission and essential role. Realistic | | | | European initiatives in security sphere, and on the |
| logic concerning military alliances, based on historic | | | | other hand, to guide its partners in necessary |
| experience of the Cold War, gave reasons to believe | | | | direction evading degradation of American-European |
| in incapability of either military block to outlast the | | | | political-military connection.Understanding the directions |
| collapse of the other.American and European experts | | | | of NATO reforming to maintain the organizations' vital |
| and politicians who shared these ideas, adhered to | | | | activity emerged in American political circles quick |
| the opinion of necessity to disband NATO or at least | | | | enough. Already in 1992 Colin Powell, then chairman |
| limit this organization in its claims. For instance, | | | | of Joint Chiefs of Staff, in his speech in London |
| Germany, represented by the Minister for Foreign | | | | International Institute for Strategic Research |
| Affairs Hans Ditrih Gensher and backed by the | | | | mentioned NATO's new peacemaking tasks and |
| Czechoslovakia, pursued a policy towards "deeper | | | | switch of the alliance to more definite actions on |
| institutionalization" of the CSCE, trying to transform | | | | spreading democracy and political liberalism throughout |
| this forum into decisive element of new European | | | | Europe. Then, the task of the American |
| security system. Moscow in early 1990s gave rise to | | | | administration included elaboration of strategy for |
| the idea of "European Security Council" which would | | | | carrying out the actions proclaimed along with |
| consist of the largest European states.Nevertheless, | | | | reaching consensus on necessity of those actions |
| drastic measures taken by the USA and its closest | | | | among the concerned international subjects - |
| allies not desiring to turn down time-proved | | | | American allies in NATO and Central Eastern Europe |
| mechanisms of transatlantic ties in late 80s-early 90s | | | | as well as American domestic political forces.The next |
| ensured NATO's survival as defense alliance.Except | | | | sections will reveal the evolution of the USA towards |
| NATO-centric project, all other rival projects of | | | | the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and include |
| European security architecture were rejected. Paris | | | | analysis of such issues as NATO enlargement to the |
| Summit demonstrated reluctance of many influential | | | | East and shift of organization's purposes, tasks and |
| states to give preference to the CSCE in ensuring | | | | functions. The particular attention will be attached to |
| European security, while the concept of "All-European | | | | the American policy evolution towards NATO's |
| Security Council" failed to succeed due to its | | | | purposes and functions as for now and place of this |
| contradiction with processes of international relations | | | | military alliance in the US foreign policy.Patrick Hume is |
| democratization after the end of Cold War.NATO's | | | | professional political scientist. With a Master's degree |
| central role and American influence on European | | | | in International Relations, Patrick specializes in writing |
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