The Globalization of NATO

by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Overview

Spawned by the Cold War, NATO’s existence was justified by Soviet threats to Western Europe. That raison d’être is long gone with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Still NATO globalized relentlessly, moving from defensive to offensive under pretexts of humanitarianism, starting with Yugoslavia, then East Africa, Afghanistan, and most recently Libya, acting as an arm of the Pentagon. The danger to global equilibrium is a growing NATO being expanded further by American and British ambitions into a monster military force of world proportions, way beyond any Atlantic or European alliance. NATO expansion, intrusive military hardware, such as cyber technology/interference and the murderous capacity of drones is threatening North/South peace. The creeping NATO expansion into Asia, the attempt to surround Russia, China and others can only end badly for the billions of human beings involved. The recent mini-US occupation of Australia, the interference in the ASEAN countries by US arms dealers and naval forces, the menacing presence of US aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca should remind historians of just why the Japanese considered it necessary to attack Pearl Harbor to end the US naval strangle hold imposed upon them.NATO as it expands today is absolutely not what the world of struggling economies and deprived populations require. It is nothing, but a negative force. "I hope this book will be read by very, very many who can turn this morbid fascination with violence into constructive conflict resolution." –Johan GALTUNG, Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies and Sociology at the University of Oslo "Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya’s prolific writings give us a comprehensive understanding of the character of the military thrust and it’s all out, no holds barred STRATEGIC plans and moves to invade, occupy and plunder the resources of nations, inflict unprecedented barbaric acts on the civil populations. He is one the prescient thinkers and writers in contemporary times who deserves to be read and acted upon by people with a conscience and concern for humanity’s future".–VISHNU BHAGWAT, Admiral and Chief of the Naval Staff of India (1996-1998): Mumbai, India. "This book is a must read for those committed to reversing the tide of war and imperial conquest by the world’s foremost military machine". –MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY, Professor Emeritus

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ISBN-13:	9780985335335
Publisher:	Clarity Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/19/2013
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About the Author

is an interdisciplinary sociologist, award-winning author, and noted geopolitical analyst. He is a researcher at the Centre for Research on Globalization in Montréal, Canada, an expert contributor at the Strategic Cultural Foundation in Moscow, Russia, and a member of the Scientific Committee of Geopolitica, a peer-reviewed journal of geopolitics in Italy. He has frequently spoken about international relations as a guest on such news networks as Al Jazeera, teleSUR, and Russia Today. In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious First National Prize of the Mexican Press Club

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To many of its worldwide critics and opponents, ranging from activists like Chicago's Rick Rozoff and Sweden's Agneta Norberg to Leonid Ivashov, the former chief of the Russian Armed Forces, the Alliance now ranks among the biggest dangers to world peace. NATO's missile shield project led by the US has also aggravated the situation. Its military presence in the Balkans has now lasted over two decades, while in Afghanistan it has lasted over a decade. The Alliance's handling of the war in Libya has caused a stir in international relations. In Libya, the Alliance deliberately overstepped the UN mandated no-fly zone and illegally sent soldiers onto the ground. After the toppling of the Jamahiriya in Tripoli and the capture and murder of Muammar Qaddafi in the Libyan city of Sirte, it was revealed that NATO operatives and forces had been on the ground from the start of the conflict in Libya. The Alliance is increasingly being viewed as a geo-political extension of America, an arm of the Pentagon, and a synonym for an evolving American Empire.
By the start of 2012, it is clear that NATO is determined to expand its membership circle and to expand its mandate. Its operations are global and its partnership agreements include countries like Japan, Australia, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates. Ultimately NATO is slated to become an institutionalized global military force. Foreshadowing this in 2010, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters that the Atlantic Alliance was going to have "undivided global responsibility" and that NATO in the future "will have no place for geographic zones of responsibility."6 Russia has even accused the Alliance of trying to supplant the United Nations. Moreover, part of the objectives of NATO as a global military alliance is to ensure the "energy security" of its member states and what its critics call desires for "invulnerability." What this signifies is the militarization of the world's arteries, strategic energy routes, maritime traffic corridors used by oil tankers, and international waters. Nevertheless for every action there is a reaction and NATO's actions have given rise to opposing trends. The Atlantic Alliance is increasingly coming into contact with a zone of Eurasia that is in the process of emerging with its own ideas and alliance. What this will lead to next is the question of the century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 10

Foreword A UN Assistant Secretary-General's Warnings Denis J. Halliday 12

Chapter 1 An Overview of NATO Growth: Prometheanism? 16

Chapter 2 EU, NATO Expansion and the Partnership for Peace 28

Chapter 3 Yugoslavia and the Reinvention of NATO 67

Chapter 4 NATO in Afghanistan 114

Chapter 5 NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue 134

Chapter 6 NATO in the Persian Gulf: The Gulf Security Initiative 153

Chapter 7 Claiming the Post-Soviet Space 165

Chapter 8 NATO and the High Seas: Control of Strategic Waterways 175

Chapter 9 The Global Missile Shield Project 192

Chapter 10 NATO and Africa 208

Chapter 11 The Militarization of Japan and the Asia-Pacific 252

Chapter 12 The Drive into Eurasia: Encircling Russia, China, and Iran 266

Chapter 13 The Eurasian Counter-Alliances 279

Chapter 14 NATO and the Levant: Lebanon and Syria 304

Chapter 15 America and NATO as Rome and the Peninsular Allies 331

Chapter 16 Global Militarization: At the Doors of World War III? 340

Endnotes 367

Figure Credits 394

Index 395

Editorial Reviews

"Nazemroaya's book is a must-read for any European or other NATO state citizen who wants to understand the danger the American-driven Alliance presents to world harmony and peace." Denis J. Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary-General, 1994-1998

""The Globalization of NATO by Mahdi
Darius Nazemroaya is simply
magnificent..."
MIGUEL D'ESCOTO BROCKMANN,
Former President, United Nations General Assembly

Nazemroaya's book, in addition to reminding us that the role of the United Nations has been confiscated by NATO, elaborates in the danger the North Atlantic Treaty represents to world peace.

—Jose L. Gamez del Prado,

Chairman,United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries (2005-2011)

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