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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Michael C. Short memberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cranfield University at Shrivenham collaboratesWith NATO
this entity surface form: NATO member states
Director, Missile Defense Agency collaboratesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
E-3 operator NATO
subject surface form: E-3 Sentry
JFC Norfolk partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
JFC Norfolk affiliation NATO
ZSU cooperatesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AFU usesEquipmentFrom NATO
this entity surface form: NATO countries
Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions) memberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nuclear posture of NATO appliesTo NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SHAPE headquarters complex operator NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SHAPE headquarters complex ownedBy NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
LANDCOM partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
LANDCOM alliance NATO
Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Laage Air Base alliance NATO
DSACEUR alliance NATO
DSACEUR usedBy NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Büchel Air Base usedBy NATO
Büchel Air Base alliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Estado Mayor de la Defensa cooperatesWith NATO
this entity surface form: Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte
Neuburg Air Base usedBy NATO
MARCOM partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
MARCOM alliance NATO
Task Force White Eagle alliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
RoAF alliance NATO
subject surface form: Romanian Air Force
NRF partOf NATO
subject surface form: NATO Response Force
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization