During this decade, NATO and SHAPE unexpectedly moved to a new home. In March 1966, France announced its intention to withdraw from NATO’s integrated military command structure and requested the removal of all Allied headquarters from French territory.
NATO conducts a variety of operations and missions in the Euro-Atlantic area and beyond. These crisis prevention and management activities range from peace support operations following conflicts, to capacity-building missions that help strengthen NATO’s partners, to humanitarian operations after natural disasters. When NATO Allies decide by consensus to launch an operation or mission, Allies ...
NATO maintains relations with 35 non-member countries and a range of international organisations, known as NATO partners. This partnership network strengthens security outside Allied territory, which makes NATO itself safer.
NATO is a defensive alliance of 32 countries from Europe and North America. Its mission is to defend its member countries and their one billion citizens.
NATO is an alliance of countries from Europe and North America. It provides a unique link between these two continents, enabling its members on both sides of the Atlantic to consult and cooperate in the field of defence and security, stand in solidarity and deter aggression from potential adversaries, and conduct multinational crisis management operations together.
Introduction to NATO NATO is a political and military alliance of 32 countries in Europe and North America. It was founded in 1949 with a clear mission: to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members, against all threats, from all directions.
NATO is an alliance of sovereign countries from Europe and North America, consulting and cooperating in the field of security and defence. All NATO decisions are taken by consensus, with each Ally having an equal say. Members are committed to the same values and share the strategic goal of maintaining security in the Euro-Atlantic area. NATO members have pledged to support each other against ...