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Debate within the American government as to whether enlargement of NATO was feasible or desirable began during the George H.W. Bush administration. [45] By mid-1992, a consensus emerged within the administration that NATO enlargement was a wise realpolitik measure to strengthen Euro-American hegemony.
Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1]
Map of NATO enlargement (1952–present). The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) begins in the immediate aftermath of World War II.In 1947, the United Kingdom and France signed the Treaty of Dunkirk and the United States set out the Truman Doctrine, the former to defend against a potential German attack and the latter to counter Soviet expansion.
NATO is an alliance of 32 sovereign states and their individual sovereignty is unaffected by participation in the alliance. NATO has no parliaments, no laws, no enforcement, and no power to punish individual citizens. As a consequence of this lack of sovereignty the power and authority of a NATO commander are limited.
English: Map of NATO historic enlargement in Europe. Español : Mapa de la ampliación histórica de la OTAN en Europa . Esperanto : Mapo de la historia ekspansio de NATO en Eŭropo.
English: Map of European relationships with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) through 2022. Member areas not included in the map include the United States, Canada, Greenland, and French Guiana.
Pages in category "Enlargement of NATO" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
English: Map to show current affiliations of European Countries with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Several NATO Member areas not included in the map, such as the United States, Canada, and French Guiana. Own work based on: NATO enlargement.svg.