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What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What is NATO's role in peacetime?
Training, military cooperation, deterrence, and crisis prevention
What country was the most recent addition to NATO?
This country was added in 2024
Sweden - 2024
Finland - 2023
Why do you think? Article 5?
What country left the EU in 2020?
The United Kingdom
How are NATO decisions made? How many countries have to agee?
By consensus - everyone has to agree
At the EU, what is "qualified majority voting?"
A voting system where decisions pass if supported by a majority of countries representing a majority of the EU population
What is the EU?
European Union - The EU is a political and economic union of European countries that cooperate on laws, trade, policies, and shared values
Name all of the NATO member countries NOT in Europe
USA / CANADA
When and why was NATO founded?
1949 - to provide collective defense against threats, especially during the cold war
Deter Soviet Expansion, est. Collective Defense, Prevent European Nationalism, Promote political and military integration
1948 - launch of the Marshall Plan
How many states are currently in the EU?
How many states are currently in NATO?
27 member states
32 member states
What 3 NATO countries have nuclear weapons?
What 3 countries are NATO countries but NOT EU countries?
USA, UK, France
USA, Canada, Turkey
What is NATO's defense spending guideline?
Is the spending target mandatory?
Members should spend at least 2% of their annual GDP on defense
No, it is just a guideline
Do you think most counties hit this guideline? What is the trend? (Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, USA) - Why?
What is an EU Regulation? What is an EU Directive?
Regulation - laws that apply directly and equally in all member states
Directive - laws that set goals which member states must achieve through national laws
What year was the EU officially formed?
1993 - with the Maastricht Treaty
What 3 countries are trying to get into NATO right now?
Are they EU countries?
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, and Ukraine
- No
Should NATO let them in? Why might some countries be against it?
What are the criteria countries must meet to join the EU? Aka the "Coppenhagen criteria"
- Stable democracy
- Rule of law (gov. auth. only in documented laws)
- Human Rights
- Functioning market Economy
- Acceptance of EU laws and mission
How many times has article 5 been invoked? What is it?
Once - after the September 11, 2001 attacks
Does article 5 require automatic military action?
No, each member state decides how to respond.
Which organizations were the EU's predecessors?
(name at least one)
ECSC - European Coal and Steel Community
EEC - European Economic Community
Explain some of the differences between the EU and NATO
members
reasons for creation
military alliance vs. political and economic union
Voting (consensus / qualified majority voting)
Name 10 European countries which are not part of the EU
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
How does the EU influence global trade?
Through trade agreements and acting as a single economic bloc.
What are the "4 freedoms" of the EU?
The 4 things that are allowed to move freely throughout the EU single market.
Goods
Services
Capital
People
What things does a counry need to join NATO?
Be a democracy
Have a market economy
Military forces under civilian control
Respect soverignty of other countries
Commitment to the 1949 Washington Treaty (defense spending)
ALL countries must accept/ratify the new country
Name 5 of the 7 main EU Institutions
European Parliment (rep. EU citizens)
European Council (sets political direction)
Council of the European Union (rep. EU gov.)
European Commission (proposes legislation, upholds treaties)
Court of Justice of the European Union (interprets EU law)
European Central Bank (manages euro)
European Court of Auditors (audits funds)
What are some things that EU citizenship provides?
Freedom to live and work in any EU country
The right to vote in EU and local elections abroad
Consular protection