North Atlantic Treaty Organization

British  

noun

1. the full name of NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cultural  

1. An international organization, begun in 1949. The members have pledged to settle disputes among themselves peacefully and to defend one another against outside aggressors. The founding members of NATO are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. Greece, Spain, Turkey, and Germany became members later. France was a founding member, but withdrew from NATO's military command in 1967. The Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union and its allies largely in response to the formation of NATO. Since the end of the cold war, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland have joined.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the evidence was clear that Russia had conducted a hybrid attack on the airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Iceland, a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is wealthy and politically stable and would have had a relatively easy path to becoming an EU member.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Even in Kosovo, a case often cited for air power’s capacity to force capitulation from an adversary, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization prevailed only once a ground invasion looked imminent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Still, the group fared well in the quarter as high defense spending from North Atlantic Treaty Organization members continues to translate into orders for ammunition, air defenses and other equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Council, desiring to simplify the structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in order to make it more effective, asked the Council Deputies to initiate appropriate action.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin