• NATO’s official website describes the organization as “A political and military alliance” whose purpose is to guarantee members’ freedom and security “through political and military means”¹.
• The U.S. Mission to NATO similarly states that NATO is “a political and military alliance” comprising “two main parts, the political and military components”².
• These authoritative sources confirm that NATO functions simultaneously as a political forum for consultation and cooperation and as a military structure for collective defense and crisis management.

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