North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• international organization established in 1949 whose members pledged to settle disputes among themselves peacefully and defend one another against outside aggressors, nato
nato was founded in 1949 as an organization for collective defence. an attack on one member country would be regarded as an attack on all. the headquarters are in brussels. the members of nato are: belgium, canada, denmark, france, germany, greece, iceland, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, norway, portugal, spain, turkey, united kingdom, and united states.