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Georgia has sought to join NATO, which it views as a guarantee of stability to the region by acting as a counterweight to Russia, which it considers a dangerous neighbor. Located on the northeastern border of NATO member Turkey , Georgia is the furthest from the Atlantic of all countries currently considering NATO membership.
Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1]
During the 2008 NATO summit held in Bucharest and against the urging of United States President George W. Bush, both Georgia and Ukraine accession into NATO was blocked by both Nicolas Sarkozy led France and Angela Merkel led Germany, who based Germany's decision against Ukraine joining NATO upon Germany maintaining its dependence upon ...
Finland - which has a 1,340km (832 mile) land border with Russia - joined in April 2023. Sweden became a member in March 2024. Having been neutral for decades, they both applied to Nato in May ...
But Ukraine’s goal is joining NATO, placing it under the alliance’s Article 5 collective security umbrella that obligates other members to come to its defense if attacked. Membership is highly ...
Several central and Eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO military alliance when formerly socialist countries became ...
Georgia in 2004-2008 sought to become a member of NATO, but did not succeed in the face of strong Russian opposition. [ 1 ] Georgia is a member of the United Nations , the Council of Europe , and the OSCE .
A double referendum was held in Georgia on 5 January 2008, alongside presidential elections. One question was a binding referendum on whether to bring forward the 2008 parliamentary elections from October to April/May. [1] The second was a non-binding advisory referendum on joining NATO. [2] [3] Both proposals were approved with over 75% in favour.