Western Europe and NATO
1947: Dunkirk Defense Treaty UK & France
1948: Brussels Treaty UK, France, Benelux
1949: NATO created with 12 members:
Belgium Iceland Norway Canada Italy Portugal Denmark United Kingdom Luxembourg France Netherlands United States
1952: Greece & Turkey join NATO
1954:Western European Union
(WEU) created, incl.
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands, UK
1955: Federal Republic of
Germany joins NATO and WEU
Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO)
1995: WTO created with 8 members:
Albania Ger. Dem. Rep Poland Bulgaria
Hungary Romania Czechoslovakia
USSR
1968: Albania withdraws from WTO
East-West 1973: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe established (35 original states, West and East)
1982: Spain joins NATO
1990: German unification, expanding NATO and WEU area
1990: GDR leaves WTO
1991: WTO dissolves
1991: NATO creates North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC), inviting Central & East European and New Independent States of the former USSR to join 1992: Greece joins WEU subject to ratification; Iceland, Norway, and Turkey become associate members of WEU; Denmark and Ireland become observers in WEU
1992: WEU creates Forum for Consultation with most CEE states
1994: NATO announces Partnership for Peace (PFP) program, inviting NACC and other CSCE states to participate. WEU offers associate membership to nearly all Cent.& E. European states (except Albania and states of former Yugoslavia), excluding members of the Commonwealth of Independent States