NATO

NATO

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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.