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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Romania memberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western European Union cooperatedWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
French Navy alliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Polish People’s Army primaryOpponentInPlanning NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Secretary of State for Defence associatedWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S. Space Command alliesInclude NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bulgaria memberOf NATO
French Armed Forces allianceMemberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Suez Crisis involvesOrganization NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Portuguese Armed Forces memberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States European Command supportsOrganization NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Albania partOf NATO
NATO Parliamentary Assembly affiliation NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland memberOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Royal Canadian Navy alliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Italian Navy alliance NATO
Soviet armed forces opposedTo NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
First World alignedWith NATO
this entity surface form: Western Bloc
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France collaboratesWith NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Baltic states securityContext NATO
this entity surface form: NATO eastern flank
Italian Armed Forces alliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ASRAAM short-range air-to-air missile allianceContext NATO
subject surface form: ASRAAM
Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe appliesTo NATO
this entity surface form: NATO member states in Europe
Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe employer NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe usedBy NATO
this entity surface form: NATO Allies
Polish Navy alliance NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Polish Navy memberOf NATO
NAC partOf NATO
subject surface form: North Atlantic Council
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Military Committee partOf NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Military Committee country NATO
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization