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Global NATO

See also: Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative

In 2006, the now United States Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder together with James Goldgeier conceived the term "Global NATO". Subsequently ideas for membership of various states were floated: Brazil, South Africa, Singapore, India, Israel, and most frequently of Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand. The idea is to transform the Cold War institution into a "Global alliance of democracies".

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