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Line 616: − − ==NATO Members== − {{See also|Bestiality and various geographic areas}} − [[File:Younger generation in Eastern Europe oppose same-sex marriage.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Young people in [[NATO]] countries largely favor [[gay marriage]]. In Central and [[Eastern Europe]] where [[Orthodox Christianity]] is dominant, young people mostly oppose same-sex marriage.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/10/29/eastern-and-western-europeans-differ-on-importance-of-religion-views-of-minorities-and-key-social-issues/ Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues], Pew Research Center, OCTOBER 29, 2018.</ref> Globalists from the [[United States]], [[European Union]], and [[NATO]] have attempted to impose it on them through the threat of [[economic sanctions]].<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/marriage-equality-global-comparisons A growing number of countries are legalizing same-sex marriage amid a steady advance in rights for LGBTQ+ people, but opposition remains strong in many others.] WRITTEN BY [[CFR]].org Editors. [[Council on Foreign Relations]]. Last updated December 22, 2022. www.cfr.org </ref>]] − [[Austria]] is a [[Europe]]an country that never joined NATO.<ref>https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ukraine-2022-fatima-austrias-neutrality-prayer-and-fasting/</ref> Under the Austrian State Treaty (May 15, 1955), the [[Soviet Union]] withdrew its troops under the promise that Austria would declare its neutrality and remain a buffer between [[Western Europe]] and [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/lw/107185.htm</ref> This was the only treaty signed by both the Soviet Union and United States in the entire decade following the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties.{{fact}} − − Nearly all of the remainder of [[Western Europe]] has joined NATO, with the additional exceptions (among large countries) of [[Switzerland]] and [[Ireland]]. In 2023, [[Finland]] joined NATO amid the Russian Federation's Special Operation in [[Ukraine]]. Ireland belongs to the [[EU Battle group]] and has participated with some NATO led missions under a UN mandate. Support for joining Nato has increased recently in the Republic of Ireland. − − There have been nine rounds of expansion in NATO as of August 2023, with another round that formally admitted [[Sweden]].<ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_52044.htm#:~:text=NATO%20was%20created%20by%2012,countries%20can%20join%20the%20Alliance.</ref> − − NATO members get the benefit of free road, railway, and airport [[infrastructure]] improvement courtesy of the [[US]] [[taxpayer]] in addition to rents collected on US [[military]] bases, off-base housing, food, [[job]]s and services in the local [[economy]]. − [[File:Defense as % of GDP.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Defense spending as a % of GDP.]] − [[File:Photo 2025-01-25 22-52-57.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Assessment of NATO airpower, 2024.]] − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! NATO Member − ! NATO Summit − ! Expansion Year − |- − | [[Belgium]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[Canada]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[Denmark]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[France]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949-1966; rejoined 2004 − |- − | [[Iceland]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − |- − | [[Italy]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[Luxembourg]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − |- − | [[Netherlands]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[Norway]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[Portugal]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[United Kingdom]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − |- − | [[United States]] − | Founder − | Original Member, 1949 − |- − | [[Greece]] − | − | First Round, 1952 − |- − |- − | [[Turkey]] − | − | First Round, 1952 − |- − | [[Germany]] − | − | Second Round, 1955 − |- − |- − | [[Spain]] − | − | Third Round, 1982 − |-Bonn,Germany − | [[Czech Republic]] − | [[Washington, D.C.]] − | Fourth Round, 1999 − |- − | [[Hungary]] − | [[Washington, D.C.]] − |Fourth Round, 1999 − |- − |- − | [[Poland]] − | [[Washington, D.C.]] − | Fourth Round, 1999 − |- − | [[Bulgaria]] − | Washington, D.C. − | Fifth Round, 2004 − |- − |- − | [[Estonia]] − | [[Istanbul, Turkey]] − |Fifth Round, 2004 − |- − | [[Latvia]] − | [[Istanbul, Turkey]] − | Fifth Round, 2004 − |- − |- − | [[Lithuania]] − | [[Istanbul, Turkey]] − | Fifth Round, 2004 − |- − | [[Romania]] − | Istanbul, Turkey − | Fifth Round, 2004 − |- − | [[Slovakia]] − | Istanbul, Turkey − | Fifth Round, 2004 − |- − | [[Slovenia]] − | Istanbul, Turkey − | Fifth Round, 2004 − |- − |- − | [[Albania]] − | [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] − | Sixth Round, 2008 − |- − | [[Croatia]] − | [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] − | Sixth Round, 2008 − |- − | [[Montenegro]] − | − | Seventh Round, 2017 − |- − | [[North Macedonia]] − | − | Eighth Round, 2020 − |- − | [[Finland]] − | − | Ninth Round, 2023 − |- − | [[Sweden]] − | − | formal admission is pending as of Aug. 2023 − |- − |} − − ===Soviet reaction=== − − NATO acceptance of [[Europe]]an countries led Soviet Russia in 1955 to set up a counter organization, The [[Warsaw Treaty Organization]] (or Warsaw Pact). Common defense, the ongoing MAD strategy, and economic crisis led the [[Soviet Union]] and the Warsaw Pact to its demise. NATO's transatlantic relations and prevention were key to the end of the [[Cold War]], and the beginning of an interlinking of United States and European policies, which still remains to this day. − − ===2025: Debt to GDP ratio of leading NATO members=== − Without cutting domestic social programs and social security, most NATO member states would struggle to continue funding the [[corrupt]] [[Zelensky regime]] in the [[NATO proxy war against Russia]], let alone provide for their own defense. As most students of [[geopolitics|international politics]] learn in their freshman year, [[military]] power is built on [[economic]] power. − − Debt to [[GDP]] ratio of leading NATO member states: − *Greece: 152.5% − *Italy: 137.9% − *France: 114.1% − *Belgium: 106.8% − *Spain: 103.5% − *UK: 100%<ref>A debt-to-GDP ratio of 100% means the entire raw economic produce of a country is already owed to creditors, and cannot provide for the same year's cost of production or the consumption of the country's inhabitants. Essentially meaning the current years economic production & consumption has to be financed by piling on more debt equal to cost of one years production and consumption. </ref> − *Portugal: Approximately 99% − *Finland: Near 89% − − These member states and more, would struggle to find the financing for continued [[war]] against [[Russia]], which is why they seek the [[United States]] as a "backstop" to provide "security guarantees".
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The United States went so far as to [[sabotage]] major [[energy]] [[infrastructure]] linking Russia to [[Germany]] — the [[Nord Stream pipeline]]. This is the largest [[terrorist]] act on [[Europe]]an soil since [[World War II]]. These pipelines belonged to both the Russian state and European partners, i.e. NATO members. The act undermined trust within the alliance.
The United States went so far as to [[sabotage]] major [[energy]] [[infrastructure]] linking Russia to [[Germany]] — the [[Nord Stream pipeline]]. This is the largest [[terrorist]] act on [[Europe]]an soil since [[World War II]]. These pipelines belonged to both the Russian state and European partners, i.e. NATO members. The act undermined trust within the alliance.
==NATO 2.0: Post-Cold war expansion and aggression==
==NATO 2.0: Post-Cold war expansion and aggression==