Reference no: EM133581732
Question
Analyze the map, and then choose the claim it best supports.Map 5.A is titled 'NATO Expansion, 1949 to 2017'. The founding members in 1949 included: Portugal, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Great Britain, Iceland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway. The cold war era enlargement included: Spain, west Germany, Greece, and Turkey. The unification of Germany was in 1990. In 1999 NATO was expanded to include: Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary. The enlargement in 2004 included Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The enlargement in 2009 included Croatia and Albania. The enlargement in 2017 included Montenegro. Former Warsaw Pact countries included: East Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. After the Cold War, NATO expanded to the borders of Russia. NATO has rarely expanded since 1990. The roots of NATO historically are in eastern Europe. NATO has struggled to attract members since the end of the Cold War.