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As the NATO summit continues to make headlines, get a refresher on the alliance's founding, its member countries, the military spending issue, and more.

Making sense of NATO: A primer
Key background on the alliance and commentary from our experts.
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President Trump has complained about the 35,000 U.S. troops stationed in Germany, but the net cost to American taxpayers is virtually nothing.

What Trump gets wrong on allied burden-sharing
With the kickoff of the NATO summit in Brussels, the contentious issue of military burden-sharing between America and its allies has again raised its head. Any hope that the summit may reinforce and showcase alliance solidarity at a tense and dangerous time in Europe may be squandered by this.
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