... but world security as a whole. One factor that poses perhaps the biggest threat in undermining an alliance as long running as NATO, is the changing social, political and ideological considerations towards the purpose of the alliance. Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union marking the end of the Cold War in the late 1980's, NATO has come under increasing pressure ... mechanisms can have within regional security is that not all Alliances are created with the intention to maintain the peace. They can also be established to antagonise states into military aggression such as the case ...

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