Nato in a sentence

But prior to the invasion, he says he told Putin that there was no imminent prospect of Ukraine joining NATO, while warning him that any invasion would mean “more NATO, not less NATO” on Russia’s borders.

In addition, while the NATO civilian protection policy may apply only to NATO operations, it is important that allies adopt and exhibit this capability outside of NATO missions in any coalition missions they undertake.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed NATO’s appreciation for Kuwaitآ’s role and efforts in maintaining security and stability in the region, and his gratitude for all aspects of the support provided by Kuwait to NATO.

For example, Russia cooperated with NATO in its war on Afghanistan: Russia was NATO’s biggest supplier of oil and resources, and provided the NATO coalition with logistical land and airspace routes.

NATO is a defensive organization and if anyone, like Russia, attacks a NATO member, they are automatically at war with all 32 NATO countries, including the United States, France and Britain, which all have nuclear weapons.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will ask NATO allies to provide a minimum of 40 billion euros ($43.3 billion) in annual military funding for Ukraine, a source within NATO told Reuters on May 30.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the NATO-Ukraine Council working dinner at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

After meeting leaders of NATO’s eastern flank in Warsaw, Biden promised that the United States “will defend literally every inch of NATO”, the military alliance that includes some Eastern European countries bordering Russia.

An interception of this kind is not atypical for NATO aircraft, but the joint air policing mission is a first for two NATO allies, the statement said.

As a small and new NATO member, Finland will be just as impotent as it was in Afghanistan to affect the momentum of the NATO war machine's rising conflict with Russia.

A second factor behind NATO’s resurgence is the rise of China, with NATO turning into the primary forum for a closer trans-Atlantic security dialogue on China.

Asked about the report, NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said the alliance would not go into details of NATO allies' ongoing deliberations.

As NATO did in 1979 when NATO made its dual-track resolution decision to deploy ballistic missiles and cruise missiles while talking to the Soviets about Arms Control Agreements.

A Swiss pilot and member of the Nato-led Kosovo Force (Kfor) walks at Nato’s headquarters in Pristina, Kosovo, in June.

Before he left the US for the NATO trip, Biden told CNN in an interview that he thought the time was not yet right for Ukraine to join the NATO alliance.

Biden also used a visit to Finland, NATO’s newest member, to pledge that Ukraine would one day join the alliance, despite NATO leaders failing to give Kyiv a timeline at a key summit this week.

Biden and the NATO allies aim to show support for Ukraine and give Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a sense of what will have to be done to gain NATO membership sometime in the future.

But a number of former adversaries in Eastern Europe, nations the US and NATO once thought they might have to fight are now NATO allies.

But maybe the NATO that works in the future is one that recognizes that the countries along the border of an unstable Russia have security interests that differ significantly from the US and the remainder of NATO.

But Mr. Trump’s exuberance for retelling his story, coupled with his past displeasure with NATO, is giving fresh alarm to NATO supporters.