The Role of European Ground and Air Forces after the Cold War

Also referred to as rapid and flexible crisis management, peace keeping, peace support, or peace enforcing operations. See the ‘preamble’ of The Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Co-operation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation (Paris, 27 May 1997). This first appeared in the 1928 Pact of Paris and afterwards in Art. 2(4) of the UN Charter. See also Art. 7 of the North Atlantic Treaty which explicitly confirms respect for the rights and obligations under die Charter of the parties which are members of the United Nations.