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All members have militaries, except for Iceland, which does not have a typical army (but it does have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is made up of legislators from the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance as well as thirteen associate members. It is however officially a structure different from NATO, and has as aim to join deputies of NATO countries in order to discuss security policies on the NATO Council.
Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that 23 countries met that target in 2024 , compared to only three in 2014. [BBC]
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.
Sweden and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
NATO's members signed North Macedonia's accession protocol on 6 February 2019. [85] Most countries ratified the accession treaty in 2019, with Spain ratifying its accession protocol in March 2020. [86] The Sobranie also ratified the treaty unanimously on 11 February 2020, [87] before North Macedonia became a NATO member state on 27 March 2020 ...
English: A geographical projection of a map that highlights all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Nederlands: Een geografische projectie waarin het gebied van alle lidstaten van de Noord-Atlantische Verdrags Organisatie (NAVO) wordt belicht.
Emerging from World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by 10 European countries, the United States and Canada to form a bulwark against the communist-ruled Soviet Union.