NATO Through Time
Why were there 12 founding NATO members?
What is Article 5, and why was it only invoked once in all of NATO’s history?
Why wasn’t NATO dissolved like the Warsaw Pact after the Cold War ended?
The NATO Through Time podcast features diverse voices from NATO member countries – including former Presidents, Prime Ministers, Foreign and Defence Ministers, military officers, NATO officials, historians, journalists and young citizens – answering these questions and reflecting on NATO’s past, present and future.
Podcasting since 2024 • 9 episodes
NATO Through Time
Latest Episodes
NATO's missions with General Jennie Carignan
Why does NATO conduct missions outside of its territory? What were the different aims and lessons learned of NATO’s missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan and Iraq? What is Canada’s role in a transatlantic alliance th...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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34:54
NATO’s open door (2009) with former President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
What was it like learning about NATO while growing up in the former Yugoslavia? Why did NATO launch “out-of-area” operations in the Western Balkans following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s? What was the road to NATO me...
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Episode 7
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9/11 and Article 5 with former NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson
How is Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty triggered, and what happens once it’s activated? How did the 9/11 terrorist attacks impact both the United States and its NATO Allies, and why did NATO respond the way it did? What...
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Episode 6
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48:39
NATO’s open door (2004) with former President of Latvia Dr Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Why did the Baltic States and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe choose to join NATO after the end of the Cold War?Why was the 2004 enlargement of NATO known as the “Big Bang” enlargement?How do NATO’s smaller member countrie...
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Episode 5
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37:40
NATO's open door (1999) with the former Hungarian Foreign Minister and former Czech Ambassador
Why did NATO open its door to former Warsaw Pact adversaries after the end of the Cold War? What was the process for Czechia, Hungary and Poland to join the Alliance? How has NATO changed in the 25 years since this historic en...
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Episode 4
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43:41