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NATO Political Headquarters, Brussels Belgium

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First and foremost, NATO is a political organization. Many people fail to realize this and contextually, it is important for readers to know this fact. After all, it is through the political structure and voting by member nations that provides NATO the authority to conduct operations. This chapter explores the national delegations, Nuclear Planning Group, North Atlantic Council, NATO structure, and NATO activities. It then conducts a deeper dive into the Brussels structure, how it obtains funding, political nuances of moving forward (albeit with a compromise), and presents the reader with challenges in actually getting approval for operations especially those not seen as being driven by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.

Claire Ashcraft is an MPPA student at York College of Pennsylvania and was a contributing researcher to this chapter.

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Weaver, J.M. (2021). NATO Political Headquarters, Brussels Belgium. In: NATO in Contemporary Times. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68731-1_2

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