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Answer:
as a military alliance between the United States and Western Europe.
Explanation:
- With the arising tension and competition between the US and USSR during the Cold War, the US created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949 as a military alliance between the United States and Western Europe.
- Also with the Soviet Union expanding its influence over the Eastern parts of Europe, the US and the Western European countries established the NATO to achieve collective economic and political security against the Soviet influence in Western Europe.