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At the end of the Second World War and in order to secure peace in Europe, the United States, Canada and ten Western European countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington on April 4, 1949. Over the years, other European countries join the Alliance: like Greece and Turkey in 1952, Spain in 1982, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in 1999, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, which, since 29 March 2004, and with this evolution, Nato has adopt a new mission, the treaty establishes a collective defense alliance and a framework for member countries to consult each other whenever one of them feels that their security is in risk, The study aims to outline the factors and circumstances that led to the creation of NATO, also the most important stages in its development, It also attempts to predict its future in the light of current events and developments, We conclude that NATO's future depends on its success or failure in facing the challenges and issues of the current international scene.
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