Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2009: 124-128

The Accession of the Czech Republic to NATO: On the American RoadOpinions, controversy

Mgr. Jakub Kašík, Bc. Tomáš Kučera

The Europeans would like to preserve an irreplaceable role of Americans in European security problems. On the other hand, NATO represents for the US a political and military means for American involvement in this region. The whole project of North Atlantic cooperation was drawn according to US demands, not to the contrary. So was the NATO transformation after the Cold War. For the Czech Republic is the bonding with the US the security priority number one. First, we joined the Partnership for Peace, as a primary step, previous to full membership in the Alliance. During wars in the former Yugoslavia in April 1992, we proved our loyalty by sending a joint Czechoslovak battalion for UNPROFOR operation with a total of 500 personnel. At present we've been sending our soldiers abroad to help peace effort of democratic nations headed by the US to stabilize security environment in the frame of international organizations, the UN, OSCE, etc.

Keywords: nato,defence policy,armed forces

Published: December 15, 2009  Show citation

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Kašík, J., & Kučera, T. (2009). The Accession of the Czech Republic to NATO: On the American Road. Czech Military Review, 90(4), 124-128
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