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NATO in 2025 . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America.
Non-EU NATO member states Albania: Candidate — 2009 Iceland: No — Founder Montenegro: Candidate — 2017 North Macedonia: Candidate — 2020 Norway: Defence Agency agreement — Founder Turkey Candidate — 1952 United Kingdom: No — Founder European countries outside both the EU and NATO Andorra No — No Armenia No — Individual ...
Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that 23 countries met that target in 2024 , compared to only three in 2014. [BBC]
States acceding to NATO replace Partnership for Peace membership with formal entry into the Alliance. Switzerland is a neutral European country, which is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). [1] Since 1996, Switzerland has participated in NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme.
Here is the full list of countries on the Foreign Office’s ‘do not travel’ list to check before you plan a trip. FCDO advises against all travel Afghanistan – “The security situation is ...
Europe is worried that Russia could attack countries beyond Ukraine. At the same time, Trump has suggested the US would be less involved in helping its NATO allies. Without US support, Europe ...
NATO global partners, or partners across the globe [1] are countries that cooperate with NATO on a regular basis, but are unable to join the alliance due to Article 10 restricting countries eligible to join the alliance to those in Europe.
Cyprus is the only EU member state that is neither a NATO member state nor a member of the PfP program. The Parliament of Cyprus voted in February 2011 to apply for membership in the program, but President Demetris Christofias vetoed the decision, arguing that it would hamper his attempts to negotiate an end to the Cyprus dispute and demilitarize the island.