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Advantages
- Bound by values of freedom, democracy and liberal rights
- Achieved its purpose of deterring Soviet/Russian aggression against member states
- Changed with the times and found new roles to serve members interests
- Spends about 70% of the world's total military expenditure
- Proven capabilities in military action
- Technologically advanced
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Disadvantages
- Questionable whether states would actually come to the aid of an attacked state
- All states have different national interests
- Not all EU member states are members of NATO
- Requires unanimity for decisions to be made
- Over-reliant on the military power of the US
- Dominated by the US
- Not all countries spend the guideline 2% of GDP on the military
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