The article considers the consequences of the realization of NATO strategy in the con icts of "the Arab spring" for the states of the Middle East and North Africa. It is pointed out that the main ap- proaches to the realization of NATO strategy, its results and the consequences of the Alliance crisis manage- ment of "the Arab spring" have a contradictory character. On the one hand, the strategic problem of the block has been realized: arrangement of con icts and an attempt to appear in the opinion of the world community as the only peacekeeping force capable of controlling and resolving regional con icts. At the same time the Alliance has shown the e ciency of its partner programs. The high quality performance of the military forces of NATO has been con rmed. The North Atlantic Alliance has started moves towards strengthening its own positions in the region under the auspices of assistance in democratization of Arab states by supporting protest performances.
On the other hand, the members of the Alliance have very speci cally approached the realization of tasks of settlement of the con icts. As a result, in the majority of the countries of the Arab world the con icts not only have not been settled but, on the contrary, in a number of cases have intensi ed.
One of the main consequences of the realization of NATO of its approaches to settlement of the events of "the Arab spring" was the export of "instability" which entailed radical changes in the geopolitical situ- ation in the Middle East region. The geopolitical con guration of all the Middle Eastern area has changed. Some di usion of the territorial activity of certain states (Iraq, Libya, Syria) is observed. In the course of the Arab crisis there appeared new ethnic (Kurdish) and territorial ("The Islamic State") enclaves. More and more countries are found to be involved in the con ict.
Key words: «the Arab spring», world politics, NATO strategy, international con icts, geopolitical alignment of forces, external factors, political con icts.
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