NATO turns 75 and is advancing, despite Trump and Putin - News.com.uk. Despite the quarrels, the cornerstone of European defense returns.
Founded precisely on 4 April 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty by the 12 founding countries. The Atlantic Alliance then grew in successive waves until it now has 32 members, with the recent entry of Finland and Sweden. The Kremlin, say NATO supporters who lived inside the Iron Curtain, should ask itself why those who can "escape from its sphere of influence" and seek refuge in the Atlantic Alliance.