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 12 December 2018. 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 2018 December 2018 2 Alphabetical index A – Accountability and transparency – Operation Active Endeavour (Archived) – NATO Administrative Tribunal – NATO Advisory and Liaison Team – Afghanistan and NATO – Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan – NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan – ISAF’s mission in Afghanistan (2001-2014) (Archived) – Inteqal: Transition to Afghan lead – SILK-Afghanistan – Cooperation with the African Union – Agencies and organisations – Integrated Air and Missile Defence – Air and Missile Defence Committee – NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Organisation – NATO Air Command and Control System – Air policing: securing NATO airspace – Alliance Ground Surveillance – Allied Command Operations – Supreme Allied Commander Europe – Allied Command Transformation – Supreme Allied Commander Transformation – Archives Committee – Arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in NATO – NATO’s role in conventional arms control – High-Level Task Force on Conventional Arms Control – Atlantic Treaty Association and Youth Atlantic Treaty Association – Aviation Committee – AWACS: NATO’s ’eyes in the sky’ NATO Encyclopedia 2018 December 2018 3 Alphabetical index B – Ballistic missile defence – Boosting NATO’s presence in the east and southeast – Peace support operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Building integrity C – NATO’s capabilities – NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia – Centres of Excellence – Chairman of the Military Committee – Protection of children in armed conflict – Civil Emergency Planning Committee – Civil preparedness – Civilian Intelligence Committee – Protection of civilians – Collective defence and Article 5 – Combined Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Task Force – Committees – Committee for Standardization – Committee on Proliferation – Committee on Public Diplomacy – NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) – 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 – NATO’s role in Conventional arms control – High-Level Task Force on Conventional Arms Control – Council Operations and Exercises Committee – Countering terrorism – Counter-piracy operations (Archived) – Crisis management – Cyber defence NATO Encyclopedia 2018 December 2018 4 Alphabetical index D – Consensus decision-making at NATO – Defence Against Terrorism Programme of Work – Defence and Related Security Capacity Building Initiative – Defence Education Enhancement Programme – Information on defence expenditures – Defence Planning Process – Defence Policy and Planning Committee – NATO Defense College – Deputies Committee – Deterrence and defence – Disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation in NATO E – Economic analysis at NATO – Education and training – Electronic warfare – NATO’s role in energy security – Enlargement – Environment – NATO’s stake – Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre – Euro-Atlantic Partnership – Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council – Relations with the European Union – Exercises F – Peace support operations in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1 – Founding treaty – Funding NATO G – Gender balance and diversity in NATO – Gender perspectives in NATO Armed Forces H – Harmel Report – NATO Headquarters – High-Level Task Force on Conventional Arms Control NATO Encyclopedia 2018 – NATO’s response to hybrid threats 1 Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name. December 2018 5 Alphabetical index I – Improvised explosive devices – Individual Partnership Action Plans – Integrated Air and Missile Defence – Building integrity – Inteqal: Transition to Afghan lead – International Board of Auditors for NATO – International Military Staff – International Staff – Interoperability: Connecting NATO Forces – NATO and the 2003 campaign against Iraq (Archived) – NATO’s assistance to Iraq (Archived) – ISAF’s mission in Afghanistan (2001-2014) (Archived) – Istanbul Cooperation Initiative J – Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance K – Kosovo Air Campaign (Archived) – NATO’s role in Kosovo L – Libya and NATO (Archived) – Logistics – Logistics Committee M – Maritime activities – Medical support – Mediterranean Dialogue – Member countries – Membership Action Plan – Meteorology and oceanography – Military Committee – Chairman of the Military Committee – Military organisation and structures – Missions and operations: past and present NATO Encyclopedia 2018 N – National delegations to NATO – NATO Administrative Tribunal – NATO Advisory and Liaison Team – NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) December 2018 6 Alphabetical index – NATO Defense College – NATO-Georgia Commission – 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 Office of Resources – NATO Parliamentary Assembly – NATO Response Force – NATO-Russia Council – 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 – Nuclear deterrence policy and forces – Nuclear Planning Group O – Oceanography and meteorology – NATO Office of Resources – Operations and missions: past and present – Operation Active Endeavour (Archived) – Operation Sea Guardian – Operations Policy Committee – Organisations and agencies – Relations with the OSCE P – Pakistan earthquake relief operation – NATO Parliamentary Assembly – Relations with partners across the globe – Partnerships : projecting stability through cooperation – Partnership for Peace programme – Partnership for Peace Planning and Review Process – Partnership for Peace Status of Forces Agreement NATO Encyclopedia 2018 – Partnership Interoperability Initiative – Partnership tools – Partnerships and Cooperative Security Committee – Peace support operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina December 2018 7 Alphabetical index – Peace support operations in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1 – NATO Pipeline System – Central Europe Pipeline System – Central Europe Pipeline System Programme Board – Counter-piracy operations (Archived) – Political Committee – Committee on Proliferation – Protection of children in armed conflict – Protection of civilians – Public diplomacy and communications – Committee on Public Diplomacy – Public disclosure of NATO information – NATO’s purpose R – Rapid Deployable Corps – Readiness Action Plan – Reform – Assistance for the refugee and migrant crisis in the Aegean Sea – Report of the Committee of Three – Reserve forces – Resource Policy and Planning Board – 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 the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1 – Relations with Georgia – NATO-Georgia Commission – NATO Liaison Office Georgia – Relations with Iraq – Relations with Ireland – Relations with Japan NATO Encyclopedia 2018 – Relations with Kazakhstan – Relations with the Republic of Korea 1 Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name. December 2018 8 Alphabetical index – Relations with the Kyrgyz Republic – Relations with Malta – Relations with the Republic of Moldova – Relations with Mongolia – Relations with New Zealand – Relations with the OSCE – Relations with Pakistan – Relations with partners across the globe – Relations with Russia – NATO-Russia Council – NATO Information Office in Moscow – NATO Military Liaison Mission Moscow – Relations with Serbia – Relations with Sweden – Relations with Switzerland – Relations with Tajikistan – Relations with Turkmenistan – Relations with Ukraine – NATO-Ukraine Commission – NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform – NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Kyiv, Ukraine – NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine – Relations with the United Nations – Relations with Uzbekistan – Resilience and Article 3 – Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan – NATO Response Force S – SATCOM Post-2000 – Science and Technology Organization