THE GLOBALIZATION OF NATO ACTIVITIES: UNIMPLEMENTED AND PROMISING SCENARIOS

Abstract

During the decade 2014–2023 NATO has again focused on the containment of powerful non-Western powers (Russia and also China). It means that the Alliance has returned to the logic of functioning and development of the past Cold War. At the same time NATO has intensified its desire for globalization of activities, but in a different geographical configuration and forms then they were at the beginning of XXIst century. The article tries to explore the process of the globalization of the Alliance activities, uses the theory of armed forces’ building and the theory of alliances. The author issues the dynamics and the results of unsuccessful NATO’s attempts to become the security provider for unstable states in the Middle and Near East (since 2000-s). The choice of new directions of NATO activities outside the Alliance’s area of responsibility was reasoned by the need to increase the effectiveness of the “deterrence” of Russia, “containment” of China, emphasizing the Alliance’s viability in the situation when the new world order has started to form. The new directions of the NATO’s usage at the global level are becoming the Arctic (basing on the cooperation with Norway as the Alliance’s member state) and Indo-Pacific region (the key track is the deepening cooperation with Japan and Australia). The scientific paper explores political and military steps of NATO and concludes about the perspectives of NATO activities in both regions.