Sixty years after the signing of the Warsaw Pact on 14 May 1955, relations between Russia and Western Europe remain fraught with tension.
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO), better known as the Warsaw Pact. Up until at least 1991, European and even global security concerns were understood through interpreting the relationship between the Warsaw Pact and its security ‘other’, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Established on May 14, 1955, the official aims of the Warsaw Pact were to safeguard the security of its member states and to increase military cooperation amongst …read more