NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Updated 7 November 2026
The transatlantic collective-defence alliance: an armed attack on one member is treated as an attack on all under Article 5, invoked once — after 11 September 2001.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1949
- Headquarters
- Brussels, Belgium
- Members
- 32 states
- Secretary-General
- Mark Ruttesince October 2024
- Last summit
- 7 July 2026Ankara, Türkiye
- The UAE
- Istanbul Cooperation Initiative partner since 2005
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $158.4 billion