NATO allies boost defense spending in the wake of Trump criticism, Former US ambassador to Nato in withering criticism of Donald Trump, Shaken by Trump’s Criticism of NATO, Europe Mulls Building Own Military Force, Support for NATO is widespread among member nations, U.S. would defend NATO despite Trump's criticism, Europeans believe: study, "Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2012-2019)", Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Member_states_of_NATO&oldid=1000207429, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 03:13. SENIOR MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO NATO. Dragomir Zakov, Canada NATO Member States. Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison was sworn in as the Permanent Representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 15 August 2017. Tensions between NATO and the Kremlin are now at their worst level since the demise of the Soviet Union, and both sides need to take reparative steps. Only two members of the United Nations voted against it: The United States (a permanent member of the Security Council) and Ukraine. David Angell, Croatia France was a founding member of NATO and fully participated in the Alliance from its outset. For historical and future expansion of NATO, see, Population data is based on a July 2020 estimate by the, The paramilitary forces of Italy consist of the. After this fourth enlargement in 1999, the Vilnius group of the Baltics and seven East European countries formed in May 2000 to cooperate and lobby for further NATO membership. Only two members of the United Nations voted against it: The United States (a permanent member of the Security Council) and Ukraine. Who's who at NATO? Liselotte Plesner, Estonia Country by country, this page offers an overview of the links to national information servers and to the website of national delegations to NATO. In the order of joining NATO: 1949 – Bel Biographies and pictures of the current senior government officials, Permanent Representatives to the North Atlantic Council, all NATO Secretaries General, principal officials to the International Staff, members of the Military Committee, major NATO Commanders and the principal officials of the NATO International Military. NATO PA interacts directly with the parliamentary structures of the national governments of the member states which appoint Permanent Members, or ambassadors to NATO. At the foundation of the League, there were 4 permanent and 4 non-permanent members. Muriel Domenach, Germany It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Transferring more than 1,000 of those forces eastward to establish a permanent U.S. troop presence in Poland conveyed a markedly unfriendly message. Oktober 2014 zum NATO-Generalsekretär berufen. Germany Rüdiger König. The second part sums up NATO’s response to this evolving strategic challenge, including the potential military threat posed by Russia. Er war zweimal norwegischer Ministerpräsident, von März 2000 bis Oktober 2001 (Regierung Stoltenberg I) und erneut von 2005 bis 2013 (Regierung Stoltenberg II). The meetings of the NAC are chaired by the Secretary General and, when decisions have to be made, action is agreed upon on the basis of unanimity and common accord. Rüdiger König, Greece After the end of the Cold War, NATO added 14 more member nations (10 former Warsaw Pact members and four former Yugoslav republics) from 12 March 1999 to 27 March 2020. All members have militaries, except for Iceland, which does not have a typical army (but it does have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Jakub Landovský, Denmark