Mar 11, 2024 · At present, NATO has 32 member countries. These countries, called NATO Allies, are sovereign states that come together through NATO to discuss political and security issues and make collective decisions by consensus.

Dec 3, 2024 · In January 2023, the NATO Secretary General and the Presidents of the European Council and European Commission signed the third Joint Declaration on EU-NATO Cooperation to further strengthen and expand the partnership between NATO and the EU.

NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies and publishes it on a regular basis. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defence expenditure according to an agreed definition.

Jan 20, 2011 · NATO is a political and military alliance of countries from Europe and North America. Its members are committed to protecting each other from any threat. What is NATO? NATO member countries ; NATO on the Map; Deterrence and defence; We Are NATO

The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is one of NATO’s two strategic commanders and is at the head of Allied Command Operations (ACO). SACEUR is responsible to NATO’s highest military authority – the Military Committee (MC) – …

Jan 23, 2025 · SACEUR, a United States Flag or General officer, leads all NATO military operations and is dual-hatted as Commander US European Command. His command is exercised from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) at Casteau, Mons, Belgium.

Mar 13, 2020 · Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 is a U.S.-led multinational exercise, including NATO's participation. It is the largest deployment of U.S.-based forces to Europe in more than 25 years with 20,000 soldiers deployed directly from the U.S. to Europe.

Dec 12, 2024 · That is more than 10 times what European NATO Allies spend. A harsh reminder that freedom does not come for free. If we don’t spend more together now to prevent war, we will pay a much, much, much higher price later to fight it.

1 day ago · Please find below a list of current vacancies for international civilian staff positions available in the various NATO locations world-wide. For full details concerning a particular vacancy, please click on the links provided in the column "Title" .

Nov 29, 2024 · Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have fundamentally changed the security environment in Europe, and NATO has responded by significantly strengthening its readiness to protect and defend all Allies.