After the Soviet Union broke up, NATO began forming friendships with former Soviet countries that were becoming independent states. Many of those countries eventually joined NATO. In addition to ...

The mutual-defense alliance was established in 1949, after World War II ... NATO last September. While countries including Poland and others in Eastern Europe favor giving Ukraine a road map ...

NATO spawned after World War II, the deadliest international conflict in history. Unlike the destruction caused during World War I, which was largely confined to battlefields, countries and cities ...

With Hungary's parliament voting to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO, the Scandinavian nation is set to join 31 other countries in the alliance. After nearly two years of negotiations, Sweden ...