On 4 April 1949, the foreign ministers of 12 countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. NATO’s founding member countries were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Today, 32 countries are members of NATO, two of them from North America (the … Continue reading END of NATO? Europe Calls for 100,000-Strong Army to Replace 32-Member North Atlantic Alliance “Shaking” under Trump