NATO has increasingly found itself in the spotlight since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with new countries seeking membership and former U.S. President Donald Trump, once again a ...

Today, their common opponent is once again Russia. When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO for short – was founded on April 4, 1949, the Cold War was already in full swing.

Nato was founded in Washington DC in April 1949 Nato's primary purpose, external was to block expansion in Europe by the former Soviet Union - a group of communist republics which included Russia.