NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed in 1949 when the 12 founding nations signed the Washington Treaty. Central to the treaty is Article 5, a pact among member nations to provide ...

With the accession of Sweden and Finland, NATO has added two members with mandatory military service. More JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images Half of the NATO nations that use conscription ...

Perhaps more surprisingly, the Nato member with the second-largest military is Turkey, with 447,000 personnel. France is next on the list with 207,100, Germany has 188,500, Italy 174,800 and the ...

No. All members of NATO must give their approval before another country is able to join, according to the Associated Press. NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is a ...

Finland officially became a member of the NATO military alliance on Tuesday. Finland has an 830-mile border with Russia, meaning Russia's border with NATO more than doubles. The development is a ...

NATO member countries and allies, including the United States, have provided Ukraine with more than $175 billion worth of military, financial and humanitarian aid since Russia’s invasion.

The head of Nato, Mark Rutte, has told BBC News that Nato members will have to spend "considerably more than 3%" of the value of their economies on defence. In an interview with BBC News on 14 ...