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Nato Encyclopedia2015eng.Pdf 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 31 December 2015. 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 2015 December 2015 2 Alphabetical index A – Afghanistan and NATO – Afghanistan, NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in - – Afghanistan, NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in - – Afghanistan (2001-2014), ISAF’s mission in - (Archived) – Inteqal: Transition to Afghan lead – SILK-Afghanistan – Assistance to the African Union (AU) – Assisting the African Union in Somalia – Air and Missile Defence, Integrated - – Air and Missile Defence Committee (AMDC) – Air Command and Control System (ACCS), NATO – Air Traffic Management Committee (ATMC) – NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Organisation (NAPMO) – Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) – Allied Command Operations (ACO) – Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) – Allied Command Transformation (ACT) – Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) – Archives Committee, The - – Armenia, NATO’s relations with - – Arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in NATO – Arms control, NATO’s role in conventional - – Conventional Arms Control, High-Level Task Force on - – Article 4 and the consultation process – Article 5 (″Collective defence″) – Atlantic Treaty Association and Youth Atlantic Treaty Association, The - – Australia, NATO’s relations with - – Austria, NATO’s relations with - NATO Encyclopedia 2015 – AWACS: NATO’s ’Eye In The Sky’ – Azerbaijan, NATO’s relations with - December 2015 3 Alphabetical index B – Ballistic missile defence – Belarus, NATO’s relations with - – Bosnia and Herzegovina, NATO’s relations with - – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Peace support operations in - – Building Integrity (BI) Programme C – Capabilities, NATO’s - – Caucasus and Central Asia, The NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the - – Centres of Excellence – Civil emergency planning (CEP) – Civil Emergency Planning Committee (CEPC) – Civilian Intelligence Committee (CIC) – Combined Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Task Force – Committee on Proliferation (COP) – Committee on Public Diplomacy (CPD) – Committees – Communications and information programmes – Comprehensive approach – Comprehensive Political Guidance (Archived) – Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) – Connected Forces Initiative (CFI) – Consensus decision-making at NATO – Consultation, Command and Control Board (C3B) – Contact Point Embassies – Council Operations and Exercises Committee (COEC) – Crisis management – Cyber security D – Defence Against Terrorism Programme of Work (DAT POW) – Defence Expenditures, Information on – Defence Planning Process – Defence Policy and Planning Committee – Deputies Committee (DPRC) NATO Encyclopedia 2015 E – Economic analysis at NATO – Education and training – Electronic warfare December 2015 4 Alphabetical index – Energy security, NATO’s role in - – Enlargement – Environment – NATO’s stake – EU-NATO: a strategic partnership – Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), The - – Exercises F – Finland, NATO’s relations with - – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, NATO’s relations with the - – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Peace support operations in the - – Founding treaty – Funding NATO G – Gender Advisor (IMS GENAD), IMS Office of the - – Gender balance and diversity in NATO – Gender Perspectives, NATO Committee on - – Georgia, NATO’s relations with - – NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) – NATO Liaison Office (NLO) Georgia H – Harmel Report – Headquarters, NATO – Headquarters, New NATO I – Improvised explosive devices – International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) – International Military Staff (IMS) – International Staff – Interoperability: Connecting NATO Forces – Iraq, NATO’s relations with - – NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) (Archived) – Iraq, NATO and the 2003 campaign against - (Archived) – Ireland, NATO’s relations with - NATO Encyclopedia 2015 – Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) J – Japan, NATO’s relations with - – Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance December 2015 5 Alphabetical index K – Kazakhstan, NATO’s relations with - – Korea, NATO’s relations with the Republic of - – Kosovo, NATO’s role in - – Kosovo Air Campaign, The - (Archived) – Kyrgyz Republic, NATO’s relations with the - L – Libya, NATO and - (Archived) – Logistics – Logistics Committee M – Malta, NATO’s relations with - – Maritime activities, NATO’s - – Medical support – Mediterranean Dialogue – Member countries – Membership Action Plan (MAP) – Meteorology and oceanography – Oceanography and meteorology – Military Committee, The - – Chairman of the Military Committee – Military organisation and structures – Moldova, NATO’s relations with the Republic of - – Mongolia, NATO’s relations with - – Montenegro, NATO’s relations with - N – National delegations to NATO – NATO Administrative Tribunal – NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency), The - – NATO Defense College – NATO Network Enabled Capability (archived) – NATO Office of Resources (NOR) – NATO Parliamentary Assembly – NATO Response Force NATO Encyclopedia 2015 – NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) – New Zealand, NATO’s relations with - – North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) (archived) December 2015 6 Alphabetical index – North Atlantic Council, The - – Nuclear deterrence policy and forces, NATO’s - – Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) O – Operation Active Endeavour – Operations and missions: past and present – Operations Policy Committee – Organisations and agencies – OSCE, NATO’s relations with the - P – Pakistan, NATO’s relations with - – Pakistan earthquake relief operation – Partners across the globe, Relations with - – Partnerships : a cooperative approach to security – Euro-Atlantic Partnership – Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), The - – Partnership for Peace programme, The - – Partnership tools – Individual Partnership Action Plans (IPAPs) – Partnership for Peace Planning and Review Process (PARP) – Partnership for Peace Status of Forces Agreement – Partnerships and Cooperative Security Committee – Pipeline System, NATO - – Pipeline System (CEPS), Central Europe - – Central Europe Pipeline Management Organization (CEPMO) – Central European Pipeline Management Agency (CEPMA) – Central Europe Pipeline System Programme Board (CEPS PB) – Counter-piracy operations – Political Committee – Public disclosure of NATO information – Purpose, NATO’s - R – Rapid Deployable Corps – Readiness Action Plan (RAP) NATO Encyclopedia 2015 – NATO reform – Reform, NATO - – Report of the Committee of Three – Reserve forces December 2015 7 Alphabetical index – Resource Policy and Planning Board, The - – Russia, NATO’s relations with - – NATO-Russia Council – NATO Information Office in Moscow – NATO Military Liaison Mission Moscow S – SATCOM Post-2000 – Science and Technology Organization (STO), NATO - – Science for Peace and Security Programme – Secretary General, The NATO - – Security Committee (SC) – Serbia, NATO’s relations with - – Situation Centre (SITCEN) – Small arms and light weapons (SALW) and mine action (MA) – Smart Defence – Special Operations Forces – Standardization – Standardization, Committee for - – Standardization Office, NATO - – Strategic airlift – Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) – Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) – Strategic sealift – Strategic Concepts – Summit meetings – Sweden, NATO’s relations with - – Switzerland, NATO’s relations with - T – Tajikistan, NATO’s relations with - – Terrorism, Countering – Trafficking in human beings, NATO policy on combating - – Transparency and accountability – Troop contributions – Trust Funds NATO Encyclopedia 2015 – Turkmenistan, NATO’s relations with - December 2015 8 Alphabetical index U – Ukraine, NATO’s relations with - – NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) – NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform – NATO Liaison Office (NLO) Ukraine – NATO Information and Documentation Centre (NIDC) in Kyiv, Ukraine – United Nations, NATO’s relations with the - – Uzbekistan, NATO’s relations with - V – Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) W – Weapons of mass destruction – Women, peace and security: NATO, UNSCR 1325 and related Resolutions NATO Encyclopedia 2015 December 2015 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 – Summit meetings – NATO’s purpose – Defence Planning Process – The founding treaty – NATO’s nuclear deterrence policy and forces Committees – Member countries – The North Atlantic Council (NAC) Fundamental security tasks – The Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) –
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