This is a compilation of archived online topic pages which explain every aspect of NATO: its origin and fundamental security tasks, policies and decision-making processes, peace support and crisis management operations and how the Alliance tackles threats and develops capabilities. They also cover NATO’s partnerships and cooperative activities, its civilian and military structures, and specialised organisations and agencies, as well as the Organization’s wider activities. The topic pages were archived as they appeared online on 10 December 2019. You can either access them via an alphabetical index, which provides a comprehensive list of all online topic pages, or via a thematic overview, which groups the principal topics by area of interest. For up-to-date information, please visit the Encyclopediahttp://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics.htm of NATO Topics online. NATO Public Diplomacy Division NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium NATO Encyclopedia 2019 December 2019 2 Alphabetical index A – Accountability and transparency – Afghanistan and NATO – Agencies and organisations – Air and Missile Defence Committee – Air policing: securing NATO airspace – Alliance Ground Surveillance – Allied Command Operations – Allied Command Transformation – Archives Committee – Arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in NATO – Assistance for the refugee and migrant crisis in the Aegean Sea – NATO’s assistance to Iraq (Archived) – Atlantic Treaty Association and Youth Atlantic Treaty Association – Aviation Committee – AWACS: NATO’s ’eyes in the sky’ B – Ballistic missile defence – Boosting NATO’s presence in the east and southeast – Building integrity C – NATO’s capabilities – Central Europe Pipeline System – Central Europe Pipeline System Programme Board – Centres of Excellence – Chairman of the Military Committee – Civil Emergency Planning Committee – Civil preparedness – Civilian Intelligence Committee NATO Encyclopedia 2019 – Collective defence and Article 5 – Combined Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Task Force – Committee for Standardization – Committee on Proliferation – Committee on Public Diplomacy December 2019 3 Alphabetical index – Committees – Communications and public diplomacy – Comprehensive approach – Conference of National Armaments Directors – Connected Forces Initiative – Consensus decision-making at NATO – Consultation, Command and Control Board – The consultation process and Article 4 – Contact Point Embassies – Cooperation with the African Union – Council Operations and Exercises Committee – Countering terrorism – Counter-piracy operations (Archived) – Crisis management – Cultural property protection – Cyber defence D – Defence Against Terrorism Programme of Work – Defence and Related Security Capacity Building Initiative – Defence Education Enhancement Programme – Defence Planning Process – Defence Policy and Planning Committee – Deputies Committee – Deterrence and defence – Disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation in NATO E – Education and training – Electronic warfare – Enlargement – Environment - NATO’s stake – Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre – Euro-Atlantic Partnership – Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council – Exercises F – Founding treaty NATO Encyclopedia 2019 – Funding NATO December 2019 4 Alphabetical index G – Gender balance and diversity in NATO – Gender perspectives in NATO Armed Forces H – Harmel Report – High-Level Task Force on Conventional Arms Control I – Improvised explosive devices – Individual Partnership Action Plans – INF Treaty – Information on defence expenditures – Integrated Air and Missile Defence – Inteqal: Transition to Afghan lead – International Board of Auditors for NATO – International Military Staff – International Staff – Interoperability: Connecting NATO Forces – ISAF’s mission in Afghanistan (2001-2014) (Archived) – Istanbul Cooperation Initiative J – Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance K – Kosovo Air Campaign (Archived) L – Libya and NATO (Archived) – Logistics – Logistics Committee M – NATO’s maritime activities – Medical support – Mediterranean Dialogue – Member countries – Membership Action Plan – Meteorology and oceanography NATO Encyclopedia 2019 – Military Committee – Military organisation and structures – Missions and operations: past and present – Multinational capability cooperation December 2019 5 Alphabetical index N – National delegations to NATO – NATO and the 2003 campaign against Iraq (Archived) – NATO Administrative Tribunal – NATO Advisory and Liaison Team – NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Organisation – NATO Air Command and Control System – NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) – NATO Defense College – NATO-Georgia Commission – NATO Headquarters – NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Kyiv, Ukraine – NATO Information Office in Moscow – NATO Liaison Office in Georgia – NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine – NATO Military Liaison Mission in Moscow – NATO Mission Iraq – NATO Office of Resources – NATO Parliamentary Assembly – NATO Pipeline System – NATO Response Force – NATO-Russia Council – NATO Secretary General – NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central-Asia – NATO Standardization Office – NATO Support and Procurement Agency – NATO-Ukraine Commission – NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform – Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament in NATO – North Atlantic Cooperation Council (Archived) – North Atlantic Council – NATO’s nuclear deterrence policy and forces – Nuclear Planning Group O – Oceanography and meteorology – Operations and missions: past and present – Operation Active Endeavour (Archived) NATO Encyclopedia 2019 – Operation Sea Guardian – Operations Policy Committee – Organisations and agencies December 2019 6 Alphabetical index P – Pakistan earthquake relief operation – Partnership for Peace Planning and Review Process – Partnership for Peace programme – Partnership for Peace Status of Forces Agreement – Partnership Interoperability Initiative – Partnership tools – Partnerships: projecting stability through cooperation – Partnerships and Cooperative Security Committee – Peace support operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Peace support operations in North Macedonia – Policy on combating trafficking in human beings – Political Committee – Protection of children in armed conflict – Protection of civilians – Public diplomacy and communications – Public disclosure of NATO information – NATO’s purpose R – Rapid Deployable Corps – Readiness Action Plan – Relations with Armenia – Relations with Australia – Relations with Austria – Relations with Azerbaijan – Relations with Belarus – Relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina – Relations with Colombia – Relations with the European Union – Relations with Finland – Relations with Georgia – Relations with Iraq – Relations with Ireland – Relations with Japan – Relations with Kazakhstan – Relations with the Republic of Korea – Relations with the Kyrgyz Republic NATO Encyclopedia 2019 – Relations with Malta – Relations with the Republic of Moldova – Relations with Mongolia – Relations with New Zealand December 2019 7 Alphabetical index – Relations with North Macedonia – Relations with the OSCE – Relations with Pakistan – Relations with partners across the globe – Relations with Russia – Relations with Serbia – Relations with Sweden – Relations with Switzerland – Relations with Tajikistan – Relations with Turkmenistan – Relations with Ukraine – Relations with the United Nations – Relations with Uzbekistan – Report of the Committee of Three – Reserve forces – Resilience and Article 3 – Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan – Resource Policy and Planning Board – NATO’s response to hybrid threats – NATO’s role in conventional arms control – NATO’s role in energy security – NATO’s role in Kosovo S – SATCOM Post-2000 – Science and Technology Organization – Science for Peace and Security Programme – Security Committee – NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan – SILK-Afghanistan – Situation Centre – Small arms and light weapons (SALW) and mine action (MA) – Smart Defence – Special Operations Forces – Standardization – Strategic airlift – Strategic Concepts – Strategic sealift NATO Encyclopedia 2019 – Summit meetings – Supreme Allied Commander Europe – Supreme Allied Commander Transformation December 2019 8 Alphabetical index T – Training and education – Transparency and accountability – Troop contributions – Trust Funds V – Verification Coordinating Committee W – Weapons of mass destruction – Women, Peace and Security NATO Encyclopedia 2019 December 2019 9 Thematic overview Introduction to NATO Understand how and why NATO was created, its fundamental security tasks and the main policies and principles that guide the Organization. NATO basics Policy and decision-making – NATO’s purpose – Consensus decision-making at NATO – The founding treaty – The consultation process and Article 4 – Member countries – Summit meetings – Defence Planning Process Fundamental security tasks – Deterrence and defence – Collective defence - Article 5 – NATO’s nuclear deterrence policy and forces – Crisis management – Committees – Partnerships: projecting stability through – North Atlantic Council (NAC) cooperation – Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) – Strategic Concepts – Military Committee (MC) Opening up of Alliance membership Financial resources and transparency – Enlargement – Funding NATO – Membership Action Plan (MAP) – Transparency and accountability NATO Encyclopedia