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Defense
Curator:
Debate ID:
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Bibliography:
<a href="http://democracy-project.com/?p=4688"> Bergman, Jay. "NATO Past and Present, and Why the Obama Administration Values it". April 2nd, 2011.</a></br>Chari, P.R. . 'Nuclear Restraint, Nuclear Risk Reduction, and the Security-Insecurity Paradox inSouth Asia' in: Michael Krepon (ed.), Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia (New York 2004).<br> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362233/Liam-Fox-Defence-Secretary-defends-11-000-disgraceful-job-cuts.html#ixzz1QnWoZzzp"> "Defence secretary forced to defend 11,000 'sad' job cuts after redundancies branded 'disgraceful'". Mail Online. March 2nd, 2011.</a></br> <a href="http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/pdf/0300097662.pdf">Dershowitz, Alan M. Why Terrorism Works. Publ. 2002. </a></br><a href="http://www.gevans.org/speeches/speech313.html"> Evans, Gareth. "NATO and the Responsibility to Protect." March 31st, 2009. </a></br> <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/06/10/transcript-of-defense-secretary-gatess-speech-on-natos-future/">Gates, Robert, "Transcript of Defense Secretary Gates's Speech on NATO's Future", The Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2011 </a></br> <a href="http://www.bc.edu/dam/files/schools/law/lawreviews/journals/bciclr/26_1/03_TXT.htm"> Goldberg, Michael. "MIRAGE OF DEFENSE: REEXAMINING ARTICLE FIVE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES". </a></br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/28/defence-budget-costs-military"> Hinsliff, Gaby. "Are we Getting Ready for the Wrong War?" The Observer. June 28th, 2009.</a></br>Lavoy, Peter. The Strategic Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation, Security Studies, Vol.4, No.4, 1995, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council<br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13882274"> "Libya mission may cost UK
Further Reading:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8335713/Army-facing-huge-cuts-after-withdrawal-from-Afghanistan.html"> </a></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8524322/Liam-Fox-British-Army-will-be-cut-further-after-Afghanistan-mission.html"> </a></li><li><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/186749.html"> </a></li><li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11570593"> </a></li><li><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0301/breaking46.html"> </a></li> </ul>
NATO is an Alliance that consists of 28 independent member countries from Europe, including Turkey and North America it was founded in 1949 at the start of the cold war to protect member countries from outside aggression. Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization currently have very large armed forces. The military threat posed to these countries, however, has diminished since the end of the cold war in 1989, and the current economic recession underlines the strain that the armed forces put on their governments. European member countries currently contribute a lot to NATO's armed forces, but they also have the power of the United States to rely on. Should NATO members retain their large forces for security, or alternatively reduce their armed forces?
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