- What is it?: NATO is a military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 1949.
- Initial Aim: To provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
- Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
- Objective: NATO’s essential and enduring purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means and collective defence under Article 5 of treaty.
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NATO Member Countries |
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| Albania (2009) | Greece (1952) | Poland (1999) |
| Belgium (1949) | Hungary (1999) | Portugal (1949) |
| Bulgaria (2004) | Iceland (1949) | Romania (2004) |
| Canada (1949) | Italy (1949) | Slovakia (2004) |
| Croatia (2009) | Latvia (2004) | Slovenia (2004) |
| Czech Republic (1999) | Lithuania (2004) | Spain (1982) |
| Denmark (1949) | Luxembourg (1949) | Turkey (1952) |
| Finland (2023) | Sweden (2024) | |