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  2. Strategic alliance - Wikipedia

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    A strategic alliance (also see strategic partnership) is an agreement between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon objectives needed while remaining independent organizations. The alliance is a cooperation or collaboration which aims for a synergy where each partner hopes that the benefits from the alliance will be greater than ...

  3. List of military alliances - Wikipedia

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    Military alliances shortly before World War I.Germany and the Ottoman Empire allied after the outbreak of war. This is the list of military alliances.A military alliance is a formal agreement between two or more parties concerning national security in which the contracting parties agree to mutual protection and support in case of a crisis that has not been identified in advance.

  4. NATO - Wikipedia

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    NATO was established on 4 April 1949 by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the alliance were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [126] Four new members joined during the Cold War: Greece ...

  5. Military strategy - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. [1] Derived from the Greek word strategos, the term strategy, when first used during the 18th century, [2] was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general ", [3] or "the art of arrangement" of troops.

  6. Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia

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    The Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ), derisively nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles. The concept was announced in 1983, by President Ronald Reagan, [1] a critic of the doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD), which he ...

  7. Category:21st-century military alliances - Wikipedia

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    A. Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support. Alliance of Sahel States. ANZUS. Arab–Israeli alliance.

  8. Battle of Thermopylae - Wikipedia

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    Strategic and tactical considerations A flow map of the battle. From a strategic point of view, by defending Thermopylae, the Greeks were making the best possible use of their forces. As long as they could prevent a further Persian advance into Greece, they had no need to seek a decisive battle and could, thus, remain on the defensive.

  9. Category:Strategic alliances - Wikipedia

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    A strategic alliance is a partnership between two or more companies to pursue a set of agreed upon goals while remaining independent organizations. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.