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The aim of the study is to examine the elements, tools and policies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the fight against terrorism after 2001. This study is important in order to understand how NATO, which has been operating within the scope of collective defense, crisis management and cooperative security understanding for seventy-two years, maintains its influence in the international system with its counter-terrorism strategies. The qualitative research method was employed in the study and the alliance summit declarations and the concepts of combating terrorism and the existing literature were referred to. Findings of the study; “After the 9/11 attacks, the alliance underwent a transformation and created new elements, tools and policies to combat terrorism. NATO will continue to contribute more to the fight against transnational terrorism and to international peace and stability if it creates a shared perspective among alliance members.”

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