NATO

American  

[ney-toh, en-ey-tee-oh] / ˈneɪ toʊ, ˈɛnˈeɪˈtiˈoʊ /

abbreviation

1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: a political and military alliance established in 1949 in Washington, D.C., by 12 countries in Europe and North America for the purpose of collective defense against aggression, now comprising 32 member nations: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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NATO British  

/ ˈneɪtəʊ /

acronym

1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international organization composed of the US, Canada, Britain, and a number of European countries: established by the North Atlantic Treaty (1949) for purposes of collective security. In 1994 it launched the Partnership for Peace initiative, in order to forge alliances with former Warsaw Pact countries; in 1997 a treaty of cooperation with Russia was signed and in 1999 Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic became full NATO members

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NATO

"As Germany and Poland, we are NATO, we are friends, and we are allies," said Major General Tilo Maedler, Chief of the Bundeswehr Joint Force Command.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Of the nine that like us equally or better, just two—Hungary and Poland—are members of NATO.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

“The standard these days is fairly low,” said Tomas Valasek, a former Slovak ambassador to NATO, now a member of parliament, who attended the summit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

“We’re going to be going to NATO, and we’re going to be talking about it,” Trump added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

In   1945 Turkey joined the UN, and in 1952 it became a member of NATO.

From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency