ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the normative nature of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its role to protect human security in failed states such as Syria. Although NATO has not officially endorsed Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the organization has a normative basis that could lead to a comprehensive human security agenda. The NATO decided to be a diplomatic liaison and military contact for all interested neighbours and to establish multilateral consultations through the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC), which was replaced in 1997 with the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC). The EAPC aimed at improving the Partner for Peace program (PfP) to become an institution for decision-making, planning, and implementation of operative functions. The PfP was decided at the Brussels Summit of 1994 and included more than 20 PfP states. NATO took steps to approach the Eastern European region; in 2002, the Individual Partnership Action Plan was launched, and special partnerships or relationships were developed with Georgia, Ukraine, and Russia.
