NATO (politically and later militarily via air support)

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NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance of North American and European countries formed for collective defense and political cooperation, which has intervened in various post–Cold War conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental military alliance
international organization
abbreviation NATO
abbreviationFrench OTAN
linked to: NATO
Article5Principle an armed attack against one member is considered an attack against all members
collectiveDefenseInvocationContext response to the September 11 attacks in the United States
cooperatesWith European Union
OSCE
United Nations
currentSecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg
firstSecretaryGeneral Hastings Ismay
foundedByTreaty North Atlantic Treaty
foundingDate 1949-04-04
frenchName Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord
linked to: NATO
fullName North Atlantic Treaty Organization
linked to: NATO
hasArticle Article 5
hasBudgetType NATO Security Investment Programme
civil budget
military budget
hasCollectiveDefenseClauseInvoked 2001-09-12
hasCommandStructure NATO Military Command Structure
hasDecisionMakingBody North Atlantic Council
hasEnlargementPolicy open door policy
hasFoundingMember Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom
United States
hasGlobalPartner Australia
Japan
New Zealand
hasGlobalPartner Colombia
hasGlobalPartner South Korea
hasMajorCommand Allied Command Operations
Allied Command Transformation
hasMemberState Albania
Baltic states
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
hasMilitaryCommittee NATO Military Committee
hasMotto Animus in consulendo liber
hasNuclearPolicyGroup Nuclear Planning Group
hasNuclearSharingArrangementsWith Belgium
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Turkey
hasOfficialLanguage English
French
hasOperation IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ISAF in Afghanistan
KFOR in Kosovo
linked to: Kosovo Force

Operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia
Operation Unified Protector in Libya
SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
linked to: SFOR
hasParliamentaryBody NATO Parliamentary Assembly
hasPartnershipProgram Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
Mediterranean Dialogue
Partnership for Peace
hasPostColdWarRole conflict prevention
cooperative security
crisis management
peacekeeping
hasStrategicConcept NATO Strategic Concept 2010
NATO Strategic Concept 2022
hasSupremeCommander Supreme Allied Commander Europe
hasSymbol NATO compass rose emblem
linked to: NATO flag
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium
militaryRole collective defense operations
originalPurpose collective defense against armed attack
political cooperation among member states
politicalRole forum for transatlantic political consultation
regionServed Europe
North America
requiresMemberCommitment defense spending target of 2% of GDP (political guideline)
SupremeCommanderTraditionallyFrom United States
usesMilitaryCapability air power
land forces
naval forces
viewsRussiaAs the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security (2022 concept)

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Croatian War of Independence supportedBy NATO (politically and later militarily via air support)