| It accepted dependence on the western military alliance but decided to develop its own nuclear weaponry. |
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| Some Balts hoped that, if and when they joined the EU, it would be a surrogate for a formal military alliance. |
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| When the Delawares protested that they had been cheated, Logan made a military alliance with the Iroquois, who drove the Delawares out. |
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| Apart from this military alliance, have the United States and Lithuania stepped up their ties in any other arenas? |
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| The Missile Defence system in northeast Asia strengthens the status of military alliance among the 3 countries in the region. |
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| But few will have any idea of what a military alliance of democratic nations is about. |
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| In that light, it is a bit behind the times to speak of neutrality, even if Finland is not a member of a military alliance. |
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| If the Ukrainians did not wish to join a military alliance and the Kazakhs did, so be it. |
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| From now on, they were to be regarded as the irregular troops of a military alliance at war with the United States, and indeed the civilized world as a whole. |
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| Joining the NPT would not therefore jeopardize Israel's security interests, especially when an Arab military alliance appears highly unlikely. |
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| Even further, NATO could renounce the nuclear option altogether and remain a solely conventional military alliance. |
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| The military alliance signed with India is the result of negotiations that have lasted for many years. |
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| Our commitment to shared values, our commitment to economic and cultural ties reflected in our military alliance are things that we hold dear. |
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| Simultaneously with the success of the Russian attack, Romania broke the military alliance with the Axis and changed sides. |
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| They are far from a full-fledged military alliance. |
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| To join NATO is simply to join a military alliance. |
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| And to strengthen Japan's military alliance with America, naturally. |
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| By means of a military alliance, he won that province. |
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| It remains to be seen whether firm words and actions on the part of the Russians will diminish the strength of the West's desire to pursue the expansion of its military alliance. |
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| The nuclear-weapon States should comply with their obligations under article I by refraining from nuclear-sharing, regardless of the pretext or the security arrangements or military alliance. |
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| The actual use of force should, however, be routinely subcontracted to a coalition of states or a military alliance with Security Council oversight but well insulated from the office of the secretary-general. |
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| For some, the UN should become the political system of neoliberal globalization, a mix of institutions of the World Bank, IMF, and WTO type on the one hand, and a military alliance of the NATO type on the other. |
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| This implies in particular the proscription to the establishment of foreign military bases on neutral territory and the prohibition of a neutral state joining a military alliance. |
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| Today, most countries west of Russia belong to the NATO military alliance, along with the United States. |
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| While the queen focused on commerce, Ivan was more interested in a military alliance. |
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| Bush wanted to make NATO more of a political than a military alliance, Thatcher, spoke out for the importance of the military role. |
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| In essence, it is about getting the Russian leadership to swallow the bitter pill of a US-dominated military alliance moving towards its country's borders. |
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| It would legitimise the failure of the Moscow's campaign in the '980s and also prevent the military alliance from gaining a foothold between Russia, China, India, and Iran. |
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| This unsettling situation has posed a Herculean dilemma for Seoul, caught between attempting to structure a security arrangement with Pyongyang while it maintains its traditional military alliance with Washington. |
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| Britain itself was now just one part of the NATO military alliance in which the Commonwealth had no role apart from Canada. |
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| Singapore is part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements, a military alliance with Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. |
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| It provided for a military alliance between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, if one of them were to be attacked. |
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| It made a military alliance with Japan, and buried old controversies to forge a close relationship with the United States. |
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| To prevent this, France formally recognized the United States on February 6, 1778 and followed with a military alliance. |
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| It was with these two tribes, that the Eburones could quickly form a military alliance against Caesar's forces. |
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| In the circumstances, the government knew it would be difficult to convince its citizens that Canada should join yet another military alliance to defend Europe. |
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| The NATO military alliance was created in 1949 and, under the aegis of the United States, brought together countries in the geographical area of Europe and the North Atlantic that felt under threat from the Soviet Union. |
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| The English establishment did not wish to risk a Stuart on the Scottish throne, nor the possibility of a Scottish military alliance with another power. |
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| The predecessors of the European Union were not devised as a military alliance because NATO was largely seen as appropriate and sufficient for defence purposes. |
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| Sold to the American people, and to many naive senators, as a way to defend against Soviet expansionism, NATO was at its outset solely a military alliance. |
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| Benjamin Franklin negotiated a permanent military alliance in early 1778, significantly becoming the first country to officially recognize the Declaration of Independence. |
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| The New England Confederation was formed in 1643 as a political and military alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven. |
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