The recent escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war has led to increasing talk of nuclear war, especially following repeated ...

Trump has been highly critical of other Nato member states in recent weeks over their levels of defence spending as he pressures Western countries to do more to pay for their own security. Ahead of ...

The 32 countries of NATO are bound together, in part, by a collective defense agreement, stating that an attack on one member-state will be seen as an attack on all. As a result, the alliance’s ...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO/OTAN) was formed on April 4, 1949 in the wake of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Twelve countries signed onto the treaty, also known as ...

and the government in Kyiv applied to join NATO last September. While countries including Poland and others in Eastern Europe favor giving Ukraine a road map toward membership, the U.S., Germany ...