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After 75 years of mutual defence, NATO eyes an uncertain future

Toy soldiers in front of the NATO logo and Russian flag colours. The military alliance turns 75 on 4 April 2024. © REUTERS - DADO RUVIC

Seventy-five years after it was founded on 4 April 1949 in the wake of World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – better known as NATO – is bigger than ever. But allies worry that a rising current of isolationism in American politics could lead to a drop in financial support from the defence alliance's leader.

NATO was born in 1949 out of growing concern over increasing Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

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