3463-Article Text-10122-1-10-20221114
3463-Article Text-10122-1-10-20221114
3463-Article Text-10122-1-10-20221114
Abstrak
National security is an ability to protect the country's essential values against threats from outside and from
within the country. The concept of a country's national security is influenced by the country's historical
background. For realists, security is about the survival of the state. For the majority of countries that are
unable to guarantee the security of their own country with their military power, the balance of powerfor
maintaining security stability in international relations. Protection of domestic security conditions requires
the country to ensure the integrity of its territory. After the formation of NATO in 1949, The Soviet Union
initiated a defense organization together with its neighbors. That meeting giveresult in the Pact of Mutual
Assistance and Unified Command (PMAUC) or better known as the Warsaw Pact and consisted of Eastern
Bloc countries or East European communists. This defense pact was formed to counter the power of NATO
and protect the security of the Soviet Union and its member states from outside attacks. In particular, the
formation of this defense alliance was triggered by the inclusion of West Germany in NATO membership..
Kata Kunci: The Soviet Union, Organization, Warsaw Pact, NATO, defense alliance