... this mechanism of security, states band their military resources together and act in concert in any military or non-military involvement. This has the combined affect of elevating their power status in the international arena, improve their state security and may gain political advantage within the region, comparative to external states not within the scope of the arrangement. These agreements/arrangements ... a threat to not just regional 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 s...

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