News and SocietyOrganizing in an organization

NATO military-political alliance: list of countries

Everyone has heard about this intergovernmental international organization and the world's largest military-political union. Collective security of the participating countries is the main principle of the NATO alliance. The list of countries comprising it now totals 28 states. All of them are located exclusively in two parts of the world - in North America and in Europe.

Goals, objectives and structure of the organization

NATO (abbreviation of the English "North Atlantic Treaty Organization") is an international organization of the countries of Europe and North America. The main goal of the military-political alliance is to ensure freedom and military security of all member countries of the Union. All activities of this structure are based on democratic values and freedoms, as well as on the principles of the rule of law.

The basis of the organization is the principle of collective security of states. In other words, in case of aggression or military invasion of one of the member countries of the alliance, the other NATO members are obliged to react jointly to this military threat. Also, the alliance's activities are manifested in the regular conduct of joint military exercises by the armies of the participating countries.

The structure of the organization is represented by three main bodies. It:

  • The North Atlantic Council;
  • Committee for Defense Planning;
  • Nuclear Planning Committee.

The member countries of NATO cooperate not only in the military field, but also in other spheres of society's life, such as ecology, science, emergencies and so on.

An integral part of the alliance's work is consultations between its members. So, any decision is made only on the basis of consensus. That is, each of the participating countries should vote for a particular decision of the organization. Sometimes the discussion of these or other issues drags on for a long time, but almost always NATO managed to reach a consensus.

History of the creation and expansion of the alliance

Formation of the military-political alliance began almost immediately after the end of World War II. Historians call the two main reasons that led the heads of leading powers to think about a new security system. The first is the threat of the revenge of the Nazi movements in post-war Germany, and the second is the active spread by the Soviet Union of its influence on the countries of Eastern and Central Europe.

As a result, on April 4, 1949, the so-called North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, which initiated the formation of a new union under NATO abbreviation. The list of countries that signed this document numbered 12 states. They are the USA, Canada, France, Portugal, Norway, Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. They are considered to be the founders of this powerful military-political bloc.

In subsequent years, other states joined the NATO bloc . The largest replenishment in the alliance occurred in 2004, when the new members of NATO were 7 Eastern European states. At present, the geography of the alliance continues to move to the east. So, recently, the heads of such countries as Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine expressed their intention to join NATO.

It should be noted that during the Cold War the image of NATO was intentionally demonized by Soviet propaganda. The Soviet Union artificially made the alliance its main enemy. This explains the rather low support for the bloc's policy in a number of post-Soviet states.

NATO: list of countries and geography of the alliance

What countries are part of this international organization today? Thus, all NATO countries (for 2014) are listed below in the chronological order of their entry into the alliance:

  1. USA;
  2. Canada;
  3. France;
  4. Portugal;
  5. Kingdom of Norway;
  6. The Kingdom of Belgium;
  7. United Kingdom;
  8. The Kingdom of Denmark;
  9. Italy;
  10. Iceland;
  11. Netherlands;
  12. The Duchy of Luxembourg;
  13. Turkey;
  14. The Hellenic Republic;
  15. The Federal Republic of Germany;
  16. Spain;
  17. The Republic of Poland;
  18. Czech Republic;
  19. Hungary;
  20. Republic of Bulgaria;
  21. Romania;
  22. Slovakia;
  23. Slovenia;
  24. Estonia;
  25. Latvia;
  26. Lithuania;
  27. Croatia;
  28. The Republic of Albania.

The military-political alliance includes only European countries, as well as two states of North America. Below you can see how all the NATO countries are located on the world map.

Finally

April 4, 1949 - this date can be considered the starting point in the history of an international organization under the acronym of NATO. The list of countries that are included in it is slowly but systematically growing. As of 2015, 28 countries are members of the alliance. It is possible that in the near future the organization will be replenished with new member countries.

Similar articles

 

 

 

 

Trending Now

 

 

 

 

Newest

Copyright © 2018 en.unansea.com. Theme powered by WordPress.