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Keating, D. (2019, 03 May). To defuse trade tensions, the EU will double US gas imports in five years. Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2019/05/03/seeking-to-deflate-trade-tensions-eu-will-double-us-gas-imports-in-five-years/#e51a4ca26d52. Access to May 21, 2019. www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-says-germanyis-captive-to-russia-in-fiery-opening-salvo-against-nato/2018/07/11/56aa7174-7f0a-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html?utm_term=.def944cb5150 In August 1995, after the Srebrenica genocide, a two-week NATO bombing campaign, Operation Force deliberate, against the republika Srpska army began. [35] New NATO airstrikes helped end the Yugoslav wars, leading to the Dayton Accords in November 1995. [35] As part of this agreement, NATO sent a UN-mandated peacekeeping force as part of Operation Joint Endeavor, known as IFOR. Nearly 60,000 NATO forces have joined troops from non-NATO countries in this peacekeeping operation. It joined the smallest SFOR, which began with 32,000 troops and took place from December 1996 to December 2004, when operations were then transferred to the US Althea force. [36] After the leadership of its member countries, NATO began awarding a service medal for these operations, the NATO Medal.

[37] NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (2018, July 10). NATO defence spending (2011-2018). www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_07/20180709_180710-pr2018-91-en.pdf. Access August 13, 2018. www.wsj.com/articles/nato-set-to-invite-montenegro-to-join-in-first-expansion-of-alliance-since-2009-1448908484 The majority of the Alliance`s new members are from Central and Eastern Europe, including former members of the Warsaw Pact. Alliance membership is governed by individual membership action plans and must be approved by each current member. NATO is currently a candidate for membership: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Northern Macedonia signed a NATO membership protocol in February 2019 and became a member on 27 March 2020.

[87] Its accession had been blocked for years by Greece because of the dispute over the name of Macedonia, settled in 2018 by the Prespa agreement. [89] In 2003, to support each other, potential new members founded the Adriatic Charter in the region. [90] Georgia was also mentioned as an emerging member and was promised as a “future membership” at the Bucharest Summit in 2008[91] although US President Barack Obama declared in 2014 that the country “is not currently on the path to accession”. [92] Council of the European Union. (2019, 15.04.). Trade with the United States: The Council authorizes negotiations on the removal of tariffs on industrial products and on the assessment of compliance. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/04/15/trade-with-the-united-states-council-authorises-negotiations-on-elimination-of-tariffs-for-industrial-goods-and-on-conformity-assessment/. Access on May 15, 2020.

On 16 April 2003, NATO declared its readiness to take command of the 42-country International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The decision was taken at the request of Germany and the Netherlands, the two main ISAF countries at the time of the agreement, and the 19 NATO ambassadors unanimously approved it. The transfer of control to NATO took place on 11 August and marked the first time in NATO`s history that it led a mission outside the North Atlantic. [48] The European Union (EU) signed a comprehensive set of agreements with NATO under the Berlin Plus agreement on 16 December 2002.