On April 4, 1949, sixteen countries signed the Treaty of Washington and formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States. These different groups of countries came together and formed the NATO Alliance. They wanted to help the world maintain peace due to the Soviet Union’s threat on the non-Communist countries of Western Europe. The formation of NATO came at a …showed first 75 words of 597 total…

…showed last 75 words of 597 total…remain a strong alliance. It is committed to defending it's members, therefore more and more countries are going to want to be a part of it if only for security reasons. And there is also talk of forming a close relationship with Russia, which would certainly close a huge gap that has been there since NATO was created. NATO is a strong force in the world and will continue to promote order, well-being and peace.