- NATO maintains relationships with over 40 non-member countries and international organisations, known as NATO partners.
- Through various frameworks, including the Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue, and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, NATO collaborates with partners on political and security-related issues.
- Additionally, NATO collaborates with global partners such as Australia and Japan, and international organisations like the UN and EU, fostering mutual security and stability.
- These partnerships contribute to NATO's core activities, such as policy shaping, defence capacity building, and crisis management.
- Currently, NATO has suspended its partnerships with Russia, Belarus, and Afghanistan.
About this series
“Global Europe Illustrated” is a section with a series of published maps designed to provide an insight into the EU's foreign policy ambitions in various regions. Each thematic map in the series focuses on the EU's global engagement in the context of EU election observation missions, global gateway projects and bilateral and multilateral EU summits and ministerial meetings with participating partner countries. In addition, each map is accompanied by a brief political analysis that provides nuanced views on what the map says about the EU's foreign policy objectives in the respective region and how these efforts are perceived. This combination of visual representation and analytical commentary provides a comprehensive understanding of the EU's engagement strategies and their impact on regional political realities.
Dr. Olaf Wientzek
Director of the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue Brussels
Jonas Nitschke
Programme Manager Democracy and Sustainable Development