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

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

Analysts have called Syrskiy a micromanager who prefers top-down decision-making to the horizontal structures promoted by today’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization militaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Graham began his trip last week in Ankara, Turkey, for a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Tuesday’s attack comes a day before Sharaa is scheduled to meet with President Trump during a gathering of leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Turkey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The German participation would strengthen the defense of Europe without altering in any way the purely defensive character of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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 Corwin, Edward Samuel