INTRODUCTION1. NATO, which stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was founded on April 4, 1949 after World War II, as an active and major contributor to international peace and security by creating a political and military alliance between countries. The alliance initially consisted of 12 countries and later expanded widely to 28 countries in Western Europe and North America, placing its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, considering that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America as an attack on all of them. NATO uses English and French as its official languages. NATO's motto is “Animus in Consulendo Liber”2. NATO's purpose was to counter the growing Soviet threat in Europe after World War II, including communist takeovers in Central and Eastern Europe, pressure on Norway, Greece and Turkey, and the Berlin Blockade of 1948 (Haglund , 2014). The Secretary General of NATO was Lord Isamay and this position is currently held by Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The member countries of NATO are: a. Belgium b. Portugal v. Spain d. United Kingdom. Hungary f. Albania g. Türkiye H. Czech Republic. Bulgaria j. Canada k. Latvia l. United States. Romania n. Iceland or. Lithuania page Netherlandsq. Italy r. Slovenia s. Norway t. Luxembourgish. Slovakia v. Estonia v. Polandx. Francey. Greece z. Croatia ay. Denmarkbb. GermanyAIM3. The purpose of this service document is to analyze the functions of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its future. PURPOSE OF NATO4. NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance between the two continents of Europe and America, created to safeguard peace and security by developing a link between t...... half of the document ....../75747.htm [Access on : 02/05/2014]NATO (2013) “NATO operations and missions” North Atlantic Treaty Organization [web] Available via: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_52060.htm [Accessed to: 01/05/2014]NATO 2020 (2010) “NATO 2020: security assured; dynamic engagement” expertreport-100917074354-phpapp01 pdf [Retrieved on: 05/08/2014] Pavel B. and Reynolds J. (2012) “Why NATO is a Pacific Power” The National Interest [web] Available via: http: // nationalinterest.org/commentary/why-nato-pacific-power-7022 [Retrieved on: 06/05/2014]The Free Dictionary (2014) “Cold War” the Free Dictionary [online] Available via: http:// www. thefreedictionary.com/cold+war [Accessed: 03/26/2014]Tse H. (n.d.), A focused and targeted expansion of NATO and ISAF involvement in counter-drug operations in Afghanistan pdf, pp 22 [Retrieved The: 10/05/2014]