NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; /ˈneɪtoʊ/ NAY-toh; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique
Nord (OTAN)), also called the (North) Atlantic Alliance, is an
intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which
was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective
defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an
attack by any external party. NATO's headquarters are in Brussels,
Belgium, one of the 28
member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which, Albania and Croatia, joined in April 2009. An
additional 22 countries participate in NATO's "Partnership for
Peace", with 15 other countries involved in institutionalized dialogue
programs. The combined military spending of all NATO members constitutes over
70% of the world's defence spending.
NATO
Ivo
H. Daalder is the NATO U.S.
permanent representative, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and was the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
Wesley
K. Clark is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and was the supreme allied commander – Europe
for NATO.
William H.
Draper III was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and is William H.
Draper Jr’s son.
William H.
Draper Jr. was William H. Draper
III’s father, and a U.S.
ambassador for NATO.
Robert E. Hunter
is a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think
tank), and was a U.S.
ambassador for NATO.
Norman
W. Ray was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and the assistant secretary general for NATO.
James L. Jones
Jr. is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), was supreme allied commander - Europe
for NATO, and the national security
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration.
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