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NATO logo is seen on a uniform during the NATO annual military exercise "Winter Shield" 2021 in Adazi, Latvia
Image: Gints Ivuskans /AFP

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 in the wake of World War II. Sweden became the defense alliance's 32nd member on March 7, 2024, and Ukraine hopes to join amid the ongoing war with Russia.

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