Les budgets de l'OTAN et ses missions

Originally, NATO was at the heart of the Cold War, a bulwark of Western democracies for the expression of democratic values and a rejection of communism. By guaranteeing a collective defense of the member states, the Americans and Europeans decided on a linked future. This treaty played an important role in the conflicting relations of two antagonistic systems, but also between the European countries. With the end of the Cold War and the economic and military collapse of the Soviet Union, the appropriateness and missions of the Treaty were questioned. The reform of NATO was decided in 1999, taking into account the alteration of threats, with a lighter command structure in terms of manpower and number of staffs, with an "on time" evaluation of threats. What can we say today about the budget and its relationship with NATO's missions? First of all, the budget of the organization as such is small, but it has a considerable leverage effect. The evolution of its level will depend on the evolution of an Alliance which has lost its original objective and which has temptations of enlargement in the civilian domain. Finally, the financial contributions of the member states to common security clearly express the balance of power between the Allies, but also the tendency of certain countries, not necessarily the smallest, to apply the policy of the stowaway.