Here are some facts and figures about the organisation forged in the Cold War and re-energised by Russia's war on Ukraine.Just 12 countries were founder members of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 as the United States, Canada and much of western Europe clubbed together to face up to the threat of former World War II ally the Soviet Union.
After the end of the Cold War, NATO went through several waves of eastwards enlargement that saw its border with Russia grow with the inclusion of Poland and the former Soviet Baltic states. The fall-out from 9/11 saw NATO get involved in Afghanistan where it remained until 2021, when a calamitous US-led withdrawal allowed the Taliban to take back power.In response to Russia's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, NATO allies agreed they would aim to spend 2% of their GDPs on defence.
That military intervention was just the second in NATO's history, following its involvement in Bosnia in the mid-1990s. Beyond the Balkans, NATO's other major overseas missions have included a nearly two decade deployment in Afghanistan and the 2011 bombing campaign in Libya.No country has ever withdrawn from NATO, but France spent almost 43 years outside its military command structure after then president Charles de Gaulle pulled out in 1966 complaining of US domination.
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