11, 2001, when it deployed European military planes to patrol U.S. NATO has invoked the collective defense principle only once: immediately after the attacks on Sept. NATO’s key, traditional principle is “collective defense.” This means an attack on one or more members is considered an attack on all members. works to avoid war through peacekeeping, political negotiations and other means. NATO is designed to fight war, if necessary, with its military alliance. Both are dominated by the political influence of Western powers, including the U.S.īut the organizations are not the same. Both are international organizations that participating countries financially support. The alliance works with the United Nations, and the two are sometimes confused – including in my classroom, where I teach history of the Soviet Union and the Cold War.īut NATO does have some things in common with the U.N. NATO’s 4,200 staff members and member country embassies are headquartered on the outskirts of Brussels.
Thirty nations are now part of the organization. Additional countries have since joined NATO - most recently North Macedonia in 2020. NATO is a military alliance established in 1949 by the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and eight other European countries.
Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images What is NATO, anyway? A poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin is used as target practice for Ukrainian soldiers.
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