Member states of NATO NATO in 2025 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. …

NATO is a political and military alliance of 32 countries in Europe and North America. It was founded in 1949 with a clear mission: to safeguard the freedom and security of all its …

Dec 3, 2025 · NATO is a military alliance that, at its establishment in 1949, sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. It …

Jun 18, 2024 · NATO is a military alliance composed of 32 member countries from North America and Europe. The organization was formed in 1949 as a collective defense organization to …

Jun 24, 2025 · Founded in 1949 as a bulwark against Soviet aggression, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) remains, seventy-six years later, the pillar of U.S.-Europe military …

Jul 12, 2024 · Though NATO is a political as well as a military alliance, collective defense is the heart of NATO’s founding treaty: All allies are committed to treating an attack on one member …

Dec 5, 2025 · The UK, which rivals France or Germany in conventional military strength (and is the only Nato state in Europe along with France to have nuclear weapons), relies on a …

Dec 2, 2025 · The Department of War provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security.

Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 32 countries from North America and Europe. NATO’s fundamental goal is to safeguard the Allies’ …

Dec 5, 2025 · The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in …