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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General Sir Michael Jackson memberOf NATO
subject surface form: Michael Jackson
Drenica massacres opposingForce NATO
this entity surface form: NATO (indirectly, through later intervention)
Hufeisenplan relatedTo NATO
Hellenic Navy isMemberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tunisian armed forces (through the President and relevant ministries) cooperatesWith NATO
subject surface form: Tunisian armed forces
DEU isUsedBy NATO
RIMPAC naval exercise typicalParticipantsType NATO
this entity surface form: NATO allies
NSHQ partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Special Operations Air Advisory Group partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Special Operations Air Advisory Group targetForSupport NATO
this entity surface form: NATO member states
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs coordinatesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Federal Republic of Germany (indirectly via Deutsche Bahn AG) isMemberOf NATO
subject surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
NATO Special Operations Medical Advisory Group affiliation NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Kingdom–Poland relations cooperationFramework NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Thales Nederland collaboratesWith NATO
this entity surface form: NATO member states
US memberOf NATO
subject surface form: United States
US memberOf NATO
subject surface form: United States
US foundingMemberOf NATO
subject surface form: United States
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
US memberOf NATO
subject surface form: United States
US memberOf NATO
subject surface form: United States
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
US militaryAlliance NATO
subject surface form: United States
Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine usedBy NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
TriStar K1 allianceUser NATO
TriStar C2 allianceUser NATO
Joint Expeditionary Force cooperationWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Joint Expeditionary Force isIndependentOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Kingdom foreign policy participatesIn NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SAF doesNotBelongTo NATO
subject surface form: Swiss Armed Forces
West German intelligence services cooperatedWith NATO
this entity surface form: NATO allies
WB Electronics exportMarket NATO
this entity surface form: NATO member states
NATO defense industries partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States defense companies primaryCustomer NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies
Armed Forces of North Macedonia militaryAlliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
New State alliance NATO
subject surface form: New State (Portugal)
Grdelica train bombing perpetrator NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization