The removal of the Soviet threat dissolved the Greece-Turkey NATO alliance.

Evidence

Looking northward, Orthodox Serbia and Romania cooperate closely in dealing with their common problems with Catholic Hungary. With the disappearance of the Soviet threat, the “unnatural” alliance between Greece and Turkey becomes essentially meaningless, as conflicts intensify between them over the Aegean Sea, Cyprus, their military balance, their roles in NATO and the European Union, and their relations with the United States. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 336

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: NATO has expanded rather than dissolved after the Soviet threat ended. — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 15; Alliance cohesion theories predict NATO should have dissolved after the Soviet threat vanished — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 40; NATO officials reconceived the Soviet threat to justify continuing the alliance after its collapse — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 86 (+1 more)