NATO's primary aim when created more than ... and to encourage European political integration. There were 12 founding members of the alliance: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy ...

NATO has increasingly found itself in the spotlight since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with new countries seeking membership and former U.S. President Donald Trump, once again a ...

He likened the 12 member states to «a group of householders ... At the same time, the American president stylized the founding of NATO as a question of fate in the competition between political ...

NATO has 32 member countries. The US was among the original 12 founding members who signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C., in 1949. Many Eastern European countries joined NATO after ...

Asked about NATO Article 5 commitment, Trump says U.S. "not going to defend" allies that fail to meet his spending requirements.