How many countries are there in NATO?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international organization established by European and North American countries to achieve defense cooperation, with 30 member countries. Member States make concerted efforts in collective defense and maintaining peace and security to promote stability and prosperity in the North Atlantic region.

NATO has a large number of nuclear weapons and conventional troops and is an important military force in the West. This is a sign that the western camp achieved strategic alliance in the military after World War II, an extension and development of the Marshall Plan in the military field, which enabled the United States to control the defense system of the European Union headed by Germany and France (2 1 of the 27 member States of the European Union is a member of NATO), and a sign that the United States achieved the leadership position as a superpower.

The highest decision-making body of NATO is the NATO Council. The Committee is composed of heads of state and senior government officials, foreign ministers and defense ministers. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

NATO has a large number of nuclear weapons and conventional troops and is an important military force in the West. This is a symbol of the capitalist camp's strategic alliance in the military after World War II, an extension and development of the Marshall Plan in the military field, enabling the United States to control the defense system of the European Union, and also a symbol of the leading position of the United States as a world superpower.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO was once called North Atlantic Alliance or North Atlantic Group. The highest decision-making body of NATO is the NATO Council. The Council is composed of heads of state and government, foreign ministers and defense ministers of member States, and the Standing Council is composed of ambassadors of member States. Headquartered in Brussels.

1949 NATO signed an agreement in Washington, USA.

1949 On April 4, the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Denmark, Norway and Iceland signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Washington and decided to establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On August 24th of the same year, all countries completed the ratification procedures and the organization was formally established.

The Soviet Union, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and the Democratic Republic of Germany signed the Warsaw Treaty on May 1955, thus beginning their cold war hostility.

During the Cold War, the strategic goal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was mainly to prevent the large-scale military invasion of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. Therefore, military issues have become the main consideration in NATO's security strategy design.

The Military Commission is the highest military command organization of NATO, and it is composed of the chief of staff of the member countries participating in the military integrated command system. It meets about three times a year, and is responsible for making recommendations to the Council of Ministers and the National Defense Planning Commission on NATO defense issues, and exercising leadership over the headquarters of major theaters under its command.

The director of the CMC is elected by the CMC members for a term of three years. Its daily affairs are handled by a military representative committee composed of permanent military representatives appointed by the chiefs of general staff of various countries.

The CMC has an international military staff department, which is responsible for implementing the policies and plans of the CMC. In addition, it has three military command institutions: the Supreme Allied Command in Europe, the Supreme Allied Command in the Atlantic and the US-Canada Regional Planning Group.