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The Diplomatic Potential of NATO

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NATO as presently constituted is proving too weak to meet present and future needs. Its legislative, executive, and judicial powers are ineffective, not to say nonexistent. There is a pressing need for a strong Atlantic union to meet political and economic as well as military demands of today's world. In this NATO has proved unequal to the task and in times of crisis has been com pletely by-passed. Part of the difficulty lies in the fact that NATO is a union based on units of diplomacy or sovereign nations rather than being a more demo cratic federal union based on sovereign citizens. The body politic is an arti ficial unit, hampered by national rather than international allegiances. A strong and effective Atlantic federal union must, therefore, be built up by first splitting up these bodies politic and then reuniting these men into a greater and more internationally minded organization.—Ed.

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  • Clarence K. Streit, 1957. "The Diplomatic Potential of NATO," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 312(1), pages 116-126, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:312:y:1957:i:1:p:116-126
    DOI: 10.1177/000271625731200115
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