NATO

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NATO is a political and military alliance of North American and European countries formed for collective defense and security cooperation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization
military alliance
political alliance
abbreviation NATO self-link
Article5Meaning armed attack against one member is considered an attack against all
corePrinciple collective defense
collective security
decisionMakingPrinciple consensus
foundedByTreaty North Atlantic Treaty
foundingDate 1949-04-04
foundingLocation Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
fullName NATO self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
geographicScope Europe
North America
hasBody Military Committee
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
NATO Secretary General
North Atlantic Council
hasMember Albania
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Baltic states
surface form: Estonia

Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasOperationType cooperative security
crisis management
peacekeeping operations
hasPartner Partnership for Peace countries
hasStandardizationRole military interoperability among members
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium
headquartersMovedToBrussels 1967
keyArticle North Atlantic Treaty
surface form: Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty
memberStateCount 32
nativeName NATO self-linksurface differs
surface form: Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord
officialLanguage English
French
primaryPurpose defense of member states
deterrence of aggression
security cooperation
region North Atlantic area
typeOfDefense collective defense alliance

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NATO Allied Logistic Publications publisher NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AJP-3.3 Allied Joint Doctrine for Air and Space Operations publisher NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AJP-3.3 Allied Joint Doctrine for Air and Space Operations appliesTo NATO
this entity surface form: NATO member states
AJP-3.3 Allied Joint Doctrine for Air and Space Operations geopoliticalContext NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles usedBy NATO
subject surface form: AIM-9 Sidewinder
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
RNLA alliance NATO
subject surface form: Royal Netherlands Army
TLF memberOf NATO
subject surface form: Turkish Land Forces
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1st Army of Turkey alliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
HDF alliance NATO
subject surface form: Hungarian Defence Forces
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Zrínyi 2026 allianceContext NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ESDP cooperatesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
European Union Military Staff cooperatesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Permanent Structured Cooperation isDistinctFrom NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO-led Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina operatedBy NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SFOR ledBy NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AJP-3.2 Allied Joint Doctrine for Land Operations publisher NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Raptor usedBy NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Danish Ministry of Defence cooperatesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cyprus Emergency alsoInvolved NATO
this entity surface form: NATO (diplomatic context)
AJP-3.4.1 Allied Joint Doctrine for the Military Contribution to Peace Support publisher NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Naval Air Training Command alsoTrainsFor NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
EUFOR canUseAssetsOf NATO
subject surface form: EUFOR Althea
NATO headquarters in Sarajevo operator NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet cooperatesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AJP-3.5 Allied Joint Doctrine for Special Operations publisher NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States–Spain relations allianceFramework NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1 (German/Netherlands) Corps memberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AJP-3.9 Allied Joint Doctrine for Civil-Military Cooperation publisher NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AJP-3.9 Allied Joint Doctrine for Civil-Military Cooperation appliesTo NATO
this entity surface form: NATO member states
2014 NATO Summit organizedBy NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Air Command Ramstein partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Land Command Izmir partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization