For instance, it supported the UN by intervening in the war in the former Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2004. It also co-ordinates military plans and carries out joint military exercises. Nato has 32 ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has called on Nato's European members to spend 5% of their national incomes on defence. That is more than double the military alliance's current target of 2%.

It also co-ordinates military plans and carries out joint military exercises. Nato has 32 members across Europe and North America - the original 12 founders plus 20 countries which have joined since ...