Dissertation to Analyse Political Motivations

To analyse the political
motivations

Acknowledgement
The dissertation would not have been a successful one without the guidance of certain
people. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my teacher __________, who introduced
me to this topic and helped me to move towards the light of knowledge. Special thanks to my
parents who have always guided and encouraged me to diligently complete any task.
Further, I would like to thank my friend ______, who helped me understanding different
research methods that can be applied on the present dissertation. I am thankful to him that I came
to know so many new things.
In the end, I would like to thank all the people who have their tangible or intangible
contribution to this research. It has helped me in finalizing the project effectively in the limited
time frame.

Abstract
It is important that any country have adequate amount of peace in the society. It can
certainly help people in living with utmost security in that state. The present dissertation aims to
analyse the political motivations that enabled an organisation which is usually associated with
peacekeeping to seemingly change its operational activities which has direct assistance to rebel
causes.
NATO is a peacekeeping organization having the aim of providing security through
means of politics and military to its member states. To analyse the stated aim, secondary type of
investigation has been used to analyse the data. Further, literature from various scholars, books,
journals have been able to conclude that it is important for NATO to change its operational
activities and reduce the role of UK and USA in decision making aspect of the organization.
Further, it has been recommended that the organization is required to bring adequate
amount of change in its reforms that can further help it in playing its role more effectively.
Moreover, it has also been recommended that it is required to reduce the interference of leading
countries so that decisions can be taken for other countries.

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................4
1.1 Overview..........................................................................................................................4
1.2 Rationale of the research..................................................................................................6
1.3 Aim of the study...............................................................................................................7
1.4 Objectives of the study.....................................................................................................7
1.5 Research questions...........................................................................................................8
1.6 Significance of the study..................................................................................................8
1.7 Scope of study..................................................................................................................9
1.8 Limitations of the study..................................................................................................10
1.9 Conceptual framework analysis.....................................................................................11
1.10 Dissertation structure....................................................................................................12
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.......................................................................................14
2.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................14
2.2 Importance of political stability in the country..............................................................14
2.3 Formation and objectives of NATO...............................................................................15
2.4 Appropriateness of NATO being used as a political tool...............................................16
2.5 Consequences of Libyan expedition which led to affecting NATO’s reputation..........18
2.6 Assistance of political stability towards growth of the economy and role of NATO in it19
2.7 Requirement of NATO to be used as political stability tool..........................................21
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...........................................................................23
3.1 Research Introduction.....................................................................................................23
3.2 Type of investigation......................................................................................................23
3.3 Research Approach.........................................................................................................24
3.4 Research Design.............................................................................................................24
3.5 Research Philosophy......................................................................................................25
3.6 Data Collection...............................................................................................................26
3.7 Data Analysis..................................................................................................................27
3.8 Validity and reliability....................................................................................................27
3.9 Ethical consideration......................................................................................................28

3.10 Research Limitations....................................................................................................29
CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS.........................................................................32
4.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................32
4.2 Thematic Analysis..........................................................................................................32
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION.....................................................37
5.1 Conclusion......................................................................................................................37
5.2 Recommendation............................................................................................................40
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................42

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview
Political stability is an important aspect of promoting peace in individual countries. It
helps in smooth functioning of the activities of the nation. The activities conducted by the
organisations working in the country must be able to integrate all the activities so that smooth
business operation can be initiated. This dissertation is based on understanding the military and
polical aspects of NATO, that is, North Atlantic Treaty Organization which aims at providing
security through means of politics and military to its member states. NATO guarantees freedom
to the countries involved as a member state of NATO with the help of the following:
Political: It helps in promoting democratic values in the country. Further, helps in dealing with
security related issues. It helps in solving problems and building trust for the long run in order to
prevent conflicts.
Military: Another objective of NATO is to ensure solving the disputes in peaceful manner. If the
process turns out to be a failure, in that case, military power is undertaken to resolve the issue.
The method is included in collective defence clause of NATO's founding treaty (Ferro, 2012).
Both military and non-military measures are taken into consideration to deal with the
crises between countries. It helps in dealing with the emerging crisis in the member state and
ensuring complex security environment for them. The main permanent member states of NATO
are France, United Kingdom and the United States. Hence, it is liable to promote security in
Europe. In case of conflicts or any major dispute arising in the country, NATO can be called for
help. The present study is conducted to assess that whether it is appropriate for NATO to be used
as a political tool by which to further the regime change desires of its leading members, that is,
US and UK. Further, it will also analyse potential damage done to NATO's reputation (in the
Eastern world) as a consequence of the Libyan expedition. In the end recommendation on the
same will also be provided to NATO in order to strengthen its political role (Eyal, 2012).
NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance between various North American and
European states which was singed on 4th April 1949. There are 29 independent members of
NATO. Further, there are 21 countries who participate in partnership for peace program (Thakur,
2016). The three permanent members of this organization are, UK, US and France. The twelve
founding members of this organization are, Belgium, United States, United Kingdom, Norway,

Luxembourg, Iceland, Denmark, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal. The main
aim of the organization is to protect the freedom of its member states with the help of Unified
approach of protecting the rights of civilians. The organization was launched with the objective
serve the purpose of political stability and military intervention for protection of the member
state. The headquarters of NATO is situated in Brussels, Belgium (Turner, 2016).
If any of the member of NATO is attacked, it is viewed as an attack to other member
states as well. This idea has been expressed in Article 5 of the treaty. The target is to spend 2%
of GDP on NATO members. Another aim is to protect the stability of region by providing them
with security forces as and when requirement arises.
Figure 1NATO's Affiliation
(Source: Pindják, 2014)
The maps above show the presence of partnerships across different states all around the
world. The map on the left covers NATO’s affiliations in Europe. However, the map on the right
shows partnerships with the NATO globally. It indicates that there is a worldwide presence of
NATO members. NATO is considered to be the representative of the population of 900 million
people (Chaban et al., 2017). It helps in solving disputes that arise within member states and
ensures peace and stability in the world. It also initiates stronger relationships between the
member countries so that friendly and cooperative behaviour can be promoted. To help each
other brings common security sense to the countries. It has tried to bring various countries under

its umbrella with the objective to unite them to bring economic stability and reduce wars in the
world. It helps in fighting with, terrorism, corruption and cyber-attacks to keep the member
states strong and bring advancements in the military front (Schleifer, 2014).
This research analyses the political motivations that enabled an organisation which is
usually associated with peacekeeping to seemingly change organization’s operational activities
which have direct assistance to rebel causes. It will help in gathering significant amount of
understanding regarding the stated subject. Further, it will help in concreting the knowledge
regarding various functions and objectives of NATO.
Apart from political and military requirements, there are various other functions that are
fulfilled by NATO. Hence, the other essential tasks that are to be kept by peacekeeping
organization are as follows:
 Collective defence: The members always takes the steps to protect each other
from any crisis that could take place in the organization. It is the facts that has been
disclosed in Article 5 of the Washington treaty. It is a type of commitment which is
firm and binding and has to be followed by all the member states in the signatory list.
 Crisis management: NATO holds a unique type of capability where it tends to
see the full spectrum of the state which is faced by the countries so as to make the
assessment of crisis management. It helps in providing adequate number of tools which
can prevent or cure ongoing conflicts in the organization. It helps in consolidating to
the situations which bring unstable environment to the country.
 Cooperative security: The alliance has stronger impact of political and military
situations prevailing in the states. The development is required to be carried out beyond
the geographical borders. There is an active engagement of peacekeeping organization
to enhance international security so that adequate amount of peace can be maintained.
It helps various countries by giving active contribution towards arms control, keeping
the door to membership alliance open and help the states as and when required
(Vrajolli and Kallaba, 2012).
The organization has been very well able to delegate its functions. However, the main issue
faced by it is that the main functions are not being delivered by it to its member state in
appropriate manner.