Consider the following countries:AustriaBulgariaCroatiaSerbiaSweden VI. North MacedoniaHow many of t

Question

Consider the following countries:AustriaBulgariaCroatiaSerbiaSweden VI. North MacedoniaHow many of the above are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

Accepted Answer

Recent context: In 2024, Sweden became the 32nd NATO member, earlier Finland joined NATO in 2023 Sweden, making entire Nordic region the part of NATO. NATO is a transatlantic political and military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty), 1949 with Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium. 12 Founding member countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, UK and USA. Since 1949, NATO’s membership has increased from 12 to 32 countries through 10 rounds of enlargement. Bulgaria became member of NATO in 2004. Croatia became member of NATO in 2009. North Macedonia became member of NATO in 2020. Austria and Serbia are not members of NATO currently. Hence option (b) is the correct answer.