The blue on the map shows NATO's core, which is structured around the organization's 28 member states. This number will soon expand to 29, as Montenegro is undergoing accessions talks.

The mission, dubbed Baltic Sentry, follows worry over increased Russian military activity near key undersea communication ...

The U.K., France and other allies have discussed the possibility of deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as the war ...

The fact that Russia and the NATO states possess all but around 550 of the world's estimated 17,100 nuclear weapons only raises the stakes. This map depicts the larger confrontation between Russia ...