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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Also known as: NATO
- Date:
- August 24, 1949 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- defense
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established in 1949 that sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. Following the end of the Cold War, NATO was reconceived as a “cooperative-security” organization. It has 32 member states. The heart of NATO is expressed in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty), which founded the alliance on April 4, 1949. In Article 5, the signatory members agree that NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in 2001, after the September 11 attacks organized by ...(100 of 2921 words)