This research examines the theoretical frameworks on which liberalism has relied to explain the expansion of NATO's mandate and scope after the Cold War and its transformation from a regional defense alliance to an international actor intervening in political and security issues beyond its traditional geographic scope. This transformation is analyzed through four main liberal theoretical foundations:1. Democratic peace theory: This theory assumes that democratic states do not fight each other, and that spreading democracy promotes world peace. Based on this, NATO intervention in countries like Afghanistan was justified to change political regimes and establish democratic systems.2. The End of History Thesis (by Francis Fukuyama): This postulated the end of the ideological conflict with the victory of liberal democracy as the highest stage of political development, which provided justification for the continued existence of NATO as a tool to protect this “new world order,” and justified its interventions in regions such as Kosovo to spread liberal values.
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