NATO and the Warsaw Pact were the creations of multi-lateral organizations by the United States and the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War. NATO was founded in 1949 by the United States and European countries to create a security agreement between the nations following WWII and the Warsaw Pact was created in response in 1955 by the Soviet Union. Each agreement sought to increase the influence of each super power in turn over the other states involved.
