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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] Article 5 of the treaty states that if an armed attack occurs against one of the member states, it shall be considered an attack against ...
English: Map showing the current affiliations of European countries with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Non-European NATO areas, such as the United States, Canada, Greenland (autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark), and French Guiana (overseas department and region of France), are not included on the map.
NATO's "area of responsibility", within which attacks on member states are eligible for an Article 5 response, is defined under Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty to include member territory in Europe, North America, Turkey, and islands in the North Atlantic north of the Tropic of Cancer.
In August 2024, Ukraine received two US-made F16 fighter jets - the first of more than 60 pledged by Nato member states. Since November 2024, the US and UK have allowed Ukraine to use their ...
Sweden and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
English: A locator map of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Europe North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states Territories of member states not protected under Article V & VI of the North Atlantic Treaty
Security organisation founded in 1949 now has 31 members who are set to spend $1.26trn on defence this year. The alliance has a collective military might of 3.5m army personnel to call upon
Current NATO member states. The following twelve states signed the treaty and thus became the founding members of NATO. The following leaders signed the agreement as plenipotentiaries of their countries in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949: [7] [8] Belgium – Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak and Ambassador Baron Robert ...