NATO's New Order: The Alliance After the Cold War

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Mark J. Rice

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NATO Treaty Authentication sheet.

NATO Treaty Authentication sheet

NATO Treaty Authentication sheet, 1949

Seven C-47 Skytrains wait to unload in Berlin.

Waiting to unload in Berlin during the blockade

Seven C-47 Skytrains wait to unload in Berlin during the blockade, 1948-1949

Francisco Franco.

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco, 1969

Warsaw Pact Badge 'The Union for Peace and Socialism.'

Warsaw Pact Badge

Warsaw Pact Badge “The Union for Peace and Socialism” (flags from left to right: Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia. Albania withdrew in 1968).

Signs protesting NATO in Feodosiya, Ukraine.

Signs protesting NATO in Feodosiya, Ukraine

Signs protesting NATO in Feodosiya, Ukraine, 2006

'Exercise Peace Shield' in Bulboaca, Moldova.

“Exercise Peace Shield” in Bulboaca, Moldova

“Exercise Peace Shield” in Bulboaca, Moldova, 2011

OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Austria.

OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Austria

OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Austria, 2006

Former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich.

Former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich

Former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, 2010

Jens Stoltenberg.

Jens Stoltenberg

Jens Stoltenberg, 2015

President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko.

President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko

President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2015

Marshall Plan aid package label

Marshall Plan aid package label

Czechoslovakian communists.

Czechoslovakian communists staged a coup

Czechoslovakian communists staged a coup, 1948

South Korean refugees.

South Korean refugees

South Korean refugees, 1950

North Atlantic Council coat of arms.

North Atlantic Council coat of arms

North Atlantic Council coat of arms

Portion of Berlin Wall.

Portion of Berlin Wall

Portion of Berlin Wall, 1986

Helsinki Accords Conference.

Helsinki Accords Conference

Helsinki Accords Conference, 1975

OSCE flags.

OSCE flags

OSCE flags, Vienna, 2007

President Bill Clinton.

President Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton, 1993

Deputy Secretary of State, Srobe Talbott.

Deputy Secretary of State, Strobe Talbott

Deputy Secretary of State, Srobe Talbott, circa 1994

Russian President Boris Yeltsin and U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Boris Yeltsin (center) and U.S. President Bill Clinton

Russian President Boris Yeltsin (center) and U.S. President Bill Clinton, 1994

Russian President Boris Yeltsin (center) with NATO Secretary General Javier Solana (right) and U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Russian President Boris Yeltsin (center) with NATO Secretary General Javier Solana (right) and U.S. President Bill Clinton

Russian President Boris Yeltsin (center) with NATO Secretary General Javier Solana (right) and U.S. President Bill Clinton, following the signature of the NATO-Russia Founding Act, 1997

War-torn apartment buildings in Grbavica, Bosnia.

War-torn apartment buildings in Grbavica, Bosnia

War-torn apartment buildings in Grbavica, Bosnia, 1995

Signing of the Dayton Peace agreement.

Signing of the Dayton Peace agreement

Slobodan Milošević (left), Alija Izetbegović (center) and Franjo Tuđman (right) sign Dayton Peace agreement, 1995

KFOR soldiers patrol Kosovo.

KFOR soldiers patrol Kosovo

KFOR soldiers patrol Kosovo, 1999

Attack on World Trade Center in New York.

Attack on World Trade Center in New York

Attack on World Trade Center in New York, 2001

Condoleezza Rice.

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice, 2005

Orange Revolution rally.

Orange Revolution rally

Orange Revolution rally, 2004

Residents of Berlin celebrate as the Berlin Wall falls.

Residents of Berlin celebrate as the Berlin Wall falls

Residents of Berlin celebrate as the Berlin Wall falls, 1989

Germans raise the German Flag in front of the Reichstag.

Raising the German Flag in front of the Reichstag

Germans raise the German Flag in front of the Reichstag, 1990

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