Initially, France proposed the creation of a European Defence Community – a European solution to the German question.

Czechia, Hungary and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at the Alliance's Madrid Summit in 1997 and on 12 March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join NATO. On 15 February 2019, the country, which was previously known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, was officially recognised as the Republic of North Macedonia.

The time band will also limit the events that are included in the personal iCalendar subscription service. The inflation calculator also tells you the average yearly inflation rate between two years or months (current year only). Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia were invited to begin accession talks at the Alliance's Prague Summit in 2002.

It states that membership is open to any "European State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area".

It also worked with NATO in areas such as the development of emergency response capabilities and the destruction of surplus munitions. Short paper submissions must not exceed 6 pages excluding the bibliography, and must have the text “(Short Paper)” appended to their titles. com has a calculator based on different measures of comparative value such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflator, average earnings, and GDP per head. These are the same dates as proposed by the Eastern Region Group of Local Authorities, which comprises all our neighbouring authorities. However, Iceland has a Coast Guard, national police forces, an air defence system and a voluntary expeditionary peacekeeping force.