The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the pre-eminent security alliance in the world today.

北大西洋公约组织(北约组织)是今天世界上首屈一指的安全联盟。

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SINCE 1949, Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty has bound NATO members to a solemn vow: an armed attack on one of the alliance shall be treated as an attack against all.

自从1949年以来，北大西洋组织的成员一直受制于北大西洋条约第五条的庄严承诺：对任一盟国的武装袭击都可视为对所有成员国的袭击。

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The North Atlantic Treaty, which was signed on April 4, 1949, marked the beginning of U. s. efforts in setting up a military alliance around the Soviet Union and its Allies.

美国于1949年4月4日签订的北大西洋公约标志着美国开始致力于在苏联及其盟国周围建立军事同盟。

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U.S. officials hope to conclude the partnership pact ahead of a May North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Chicago, where alliance leaders are expected to hash out an agreement to support Afghanistan for years to come.

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But it said that a new state would not be a party to the North Atlantic Treaty, and therefore not a member of the alliance, while the position of the "successor state" would be unaffected.

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During the Cold War, the United States used Wilson's approach to create a "community of power" against the Soviet Union chiefly through the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a new type of alliance that encouraged the defense and spread of democratic principles.

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