... strategic interest." Again another recent example of this occurring was in the first Gulf war against Iraq in 1991, where the United States gained vital access to land and air space in and over NATO aligned countries such as Turkey and Germany. Collective Defence mechanisms are, however, not without their limitations within region security. As witnessed during the post World War ... Collective defence is state-centric based and are formed in the national/regional interest of the state. Hence if this national/region interest changes over a period of time, the state my re-think their role...

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