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This article is about the military alliance. For other
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO,

/ˈneɪtoʊ/; French: Organisation du traité de
l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North
Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military
alliance between 28 European countries and 2 North
American countries. Established in the aftermath of
World War II, the organization implements the North
Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.[3][4]

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord

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Land controlled by member states shown in dark

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Abbreviation NATO, OTAN

Formation 4 April 1949

Type Military alliance

Headquarters Brussels, Belgium

Membership 30 states
Albania
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States

Official language English

French[1]

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Chairman of the NATO Admiral Rob Bauer, Royal

Military Committee
Netherlands Navy

Supreme Allied General Tod D. Wolters,

Commander Europe
United States Air Force

Supreme Allied Général Philippe Lavigne,

Commander
French Air and Space
Transformation
Force

Expenses (2019) €873.9 billion

US$1.036 trillion[2]

Website www.nato.int

Anthem: "The NATO Hymn"

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NATO constitutes a system of collective security,

whereby its independent member states agree to
mutual defense in response to an attack by any
external party. The NATO headquarters are located
in Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of
Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium.

Since its founding, the admission of new member

states has increased the alliance from the original 12
countries to 30. The most recent member state to
be added to NATO was North Macedonia on 27
March 2020. NATO currently recognizes Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Georgia, and Ukraine as aspiring
members.[5] (Vladimir Putin, President of non-
member Russia, had stated a desire for NATO to
legally bind itself to never accept Ukraine as a
member before attacking that country.[6]) An
additional 20 countries participate in NATO's
Partnership for Peace programme, with 15 other
countries involved in institutionalized dialogue
programmes. The combined military spending of all
NATO members in 2020 constituted over 57% of the
global nominal total.[7] Members agreed that their
aim is to reach or maintain the target defence
spending of at least 2% of their GDP by 2024.[8][9]

History

Military operations

Membership

Partnerships with third countries

Structure

Legal authority of NATO

Commanders

See also

Citations

General bibliography

Further reading

External links

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