19-nation defense gp., 4 letters
1949 treaty creation: abbr., 4 letters
1999 air strike authorizer, 4 letters
2011 Libyan arms embargo enforcement gp., 4 letters
26-member defense gp., 4 letters
5 Javier Solana's org., 4 letters
50-yr.-old alliance, 4 letters
Acronym in Soviet political cartoons, 4 letters
Acronym originating in 1949, 4 letters
Alb. and Cro. joined it 4/1/2009, 4 letters
Albania and Croatia are the last to have joined it (abbr.), 4 letters
Alliance based in Brussels, 4 letters
Alliance est. in 1949, 4 letters
Alliance formed during HST's administration, 4 letters
Alliance formed in 1949, 4 letters
Alliance formed in 1949: acron., 4 letters
Alliance formed under HST, 4 letters
Alliance founded in 1949, 4 letters
Alliance headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Alliance since 1949 (abbr.), 4 letters
Alliance that includes the U.S., 4 letters
Alliance that now includes Slovakia and Slovenia, 4 letters
Alliance whose flag is a compass on a blue background, 4 letters
Alliance whose joint exercise resulted in tension between Greece and Turkey, 4 letters
Alliance with a Brussels H.Q., 4 letters
Amer.-Eur. alliance, 4 letters
Assn. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Belg.-based peacekeepers, 4 letters
Belg.-based peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
Berlin Plus agreement party (abbr.), 4 letters
Body that includes SHAPE, 4 letters
Bombers of Serbia: abbr., 4 letters
Bosnia peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
Britain's Lord Ismay was its first head, 4 letters
Brussels-based alliance, 4 letters
Brussels-based alliance (abbr.), 4 letters
Brussels-based body, 4 letters
Brussels-based defense gp., 4 letters
Brussels-based defense organization, 4 letters
Brussels-based intl. alliance, 4 letters
Brussels-based intl. group, 4 letters
Brussels-based org., 4 letters
Bulg. and Lith. joined it in 2004, 4 letters
Canadian peacekeepers' group, 4 letters
Cold War alliance: Abbr., 4 letters
Cold war defense alliance, 4 letters
Cold War defense gp., 4 letters
Cold War enemy of the Warsaw Pact, 4 letters
Cold War side: abbr., 4 letters
Cold War-era alliance, 4 letters
Collective defense org., 4 letters
Croatia joined it in '09, 4 letters
DDE's command, once, 4 letters
Def. org. since 1949, 4 letters
Defense alliance since 1949, 4 letters
Defense alliance: Abbr., 4 letters
Defense gp. based in Brussels, 4 letters
Defense gp. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Defense gp. since 1949, 4 letters
Defense group founded in 1949, 4 letters
Defense group since 1949, 4 letters
Defense grp. headquartered in Belgium, 4 letters
Defense grp. headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Defense grp. that includes the U.S., 4 letters
Defense grp. that includes Turkey, 4 letters
Defense org. established in 1949, 4 letters
Defense org. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Defense org. since '49, 4 letters
Defense organization: acron., 4 letters
Defense pact since 1949, 4 letters
Defense-alliance acronym, 4 letters
Eisenhower held a 1950 post in it, 4 letters
Estonia's joining it, 4 letters
Eur. defense acronym, 4 letters
Euro-American alliance: abbr., 4 letters
European defense assn., 4 letters
European defense grp., 4 letters
European peacekeeping grp., 4 letters
European safety coalition: acron., 4 letters
Forces sent to Bosnia, 4 letters
Former Haig command, 4 letters
Gen. Clark's former org., 4 letters
Gp. battling Somali pirates, 4 letters
Gp. created in 1949, 4 letters
Gp. currently headed by ex-Danish PM Anders Rasmussen, 4 letters
Gp. headed by Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 4 letters
Gp. headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Gp. recently joined by Poland, 4 letters
Gp. sitting in Brussels, 4 letters
Gp. with 19 members, 4 letters
Gp. with 26 nations, 4 letters
Gp. with a Brussels HQ, 4 letters
Gp. with headquarters in Brussels, 4 letters
Group that now includes Est., Lith. and Lat., 4 letters
Group with a secy. gen., 4 letters
Group with hdqrs. in Belgium, 4 letters
Group with HQ in Brussels, 4 letters
Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight, 4 letters
Grp. founded in Washington on 4/4/1949, 4 letters
Grp. including Luxembourg, Turkey and Italy, 4 letters
Grp. involved with Kosovo, 4 letters
Grp. that expanded in 1999, 4 letters
Grp. that includes the U.S., 4 letters
Grp. that outlasted the Warsaw Pact, 4 letters
Grp. that spans an ocean, 4 letters
Grp. with a secretary general, 4 letters
Grp. with an alphabet, 4 letters
Grp. with its HQ in Brussels, 4 letters
Iceland is part of it: Abbr., 4 letters
Int'l org. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Int'l. peacekeeping group, 4 letters
International defense grp., 4 letters
International federation: acron., 4 letters
International peace keeping grp., 4 letters
Intl. alliance since 1949, 4 letters
Intl. alliance with 16 member nations, 4 letters
Intl. defense alliance, 4 letters
Intl. defense group, 4 letters
Intl. group since 1949, 4 letters
Intl. group whose initials in English and French are reversed, 4 letters
Intl. group with many generals, 4 letters
Intl. peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
It began in H.S.T.'s administration, 4 letters
It had its 50th anniv. in 1999, 4 letters
It has ports in Port., 4 letters
It now includes Lat. and Lith., 4 letters
It was founded Apr. 4, 1949, 4 letters
It's HQ'd in Brussels, 4 letters
Its first leader was Lord Ismay, 1952-1957, 4 letters
Its flag has a compass rose on it, 4 letters
Its flag has a four-pointed star, 4 letters
Its H.Q. is in Brussels, 4 letters
Its latest military exercises include Greeks and Turks, 4 letters
Its members include Canada and Luxembourg, 4 letters
Its mems. are known as Allies, 4 letters
Its official languages are English and French, 4 letters
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is its secretary general, 4 letters
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's org., 4 letters
Kosovo peacekeepers, 4 letters
Kosovo peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
Kosovo peacekeeping group, 4 letters
Kostunica is demanding that it prevent incursions by Kosovo Albanians, 4 letters
Large mil. alliance, 4 letters
Like some forces in the Balkans, 4 letters
Like some peacekeepers, 4 letters
Long___lived mil. alliance, 4 letters
Lord Ismay was its first Sec. Gen., 4 letters
Mediterranean Dialogue gp., 4 letters
Mil. alliance since 1949, 4 letters
Mil. alliance with official languages of English and French, 4 letters
Military alliance gp., 4 letters
Military alliance gp. since 1949, 4 letters
Military alliance whose flag pictures a compass rose, 4 letters
Much of Eur. is in it, 4 letters
Multi-nation defense gp., 4 letters
Nations without sin?, 4 letters
Nineteen-nation gp., 4 letters
No-fly zone enforcing grp., 4 letters
One side in the cold war, 4 letters
Operation Allied Force gp., 4 letters
Org. based in Belgium, 4 letters
Org. behind Operation Allied Force in 1999, 4 letters
Org. celebrating 50 years in 1999, 4 letters
Org. celebrating 56 years in 2005, 4 letters
Org. created in 1949, 4 letters
Org. established in 1949, 4 letters
Org. expanding into Eastern Europe, 4 letters
Org. for Lord Robertson, 4 letters
Org. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Org. formed on April 4, 1949, 4 letters
Org. formed to contain Communism, 4 letters
Org. founded in 1949, 4 letters
Org. founded in Brussels 1948, 4 letters
Org. headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Org. involved in Bosnia, 4 letters
Org. that admitted the Baltic States in March 2004, 4 letters
Org. that monitors no-fly zones, 4 letters
Org. that now includes former Baltic SSRs, 4 letters
Org. that started with 12 members, 4 letters
Org. that's allied with Partnership for Peace, 4 letters
Org. that's expanding, 4 letters
Org. to which Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, et al., belong, 4 letters
Org. whose symbol is a four-pointed compass, 4 letters
Org. with a compass star as its symbol, 4 letters
Org. with peace-keeping forces, 4 letters
Organization created in 1949, 4 letters
19-nation defense gp., 4 letters
1949 treaty creation: abbr., 4 letters
1999 air strike authorizer, 4 letters
2011 Libyan arms embargo enforcement gp., 4 letters
26-member defense gp., 4 letters
5 Javier Solana's org., 4 letters
50-yr.-old alliance, 4 letters
Acronym in Soviet political cartoons, 4 letters
Acronym originating in 1949, 4 letters
Alb. and Cro. joined it 4/1/2009, 4 letters
Albania and Croatia are the last to have joined it (abbr.), 4 letters
Alliance based in Brussels, 4 letters
Alliance est. in 1949, 4 letters
Alliance formed during HST's administration, 4 letters
Alliance formed in 1949, 4 letters
Alliance formed in 1949: acron., 4 letters
Alliance formed under HST, 4 letters
Alliance founded in 1949, 4 letters
Alliance headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Alliance since 1949 (abbr.), 4 letters
Alliance that includes the U.S., 4 letters
Alliance that now includes Slovakia and Slovenia, 4 letters
Alliance whose flag is a compass on a blue background, 4 letters
Alliance whose joint exercise resulted in tension between Greece and Turkey, 4 letters
Alliance with a Brussels H.Q., 4 letters
Amer.-Eur. alliance, 4 letters
Assn. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Belg.-based peacekeepers, 4 letters
Belg.-based peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
Berlin Plus agreement party (abbr.), 4 letters
Body that includes SHAPE, 4 letters
Bombers of Serbia: abbr., 4 letters
Bosnia peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
Britain's Lord Ismay was its first head, 4 letters
Brussels-based alliance, 4 letters
Brussels-based alliance (abbr.), 4 letters
Brussels-based body, 4 letters
Brussels-based defense gp., 4 letters
Brussels-based defense organization, 4 letters
Brussels-based intl. alliance, 4 letters
Brussels-based intl. group, 4 letters
Brussels-based org., 4 letters
Bulg. and Lith. joined it in 2004, 4 letters
Canadian peacekeepers' group, 4 letters
Cold War alliance: Abbr., 4 letters
Cold war defense alliance, 4 letters
Cold War defense gp., 4 letters
Cold War enemy of the Warsaw Pact, 4 letters
Cold War side: abbr., 4 letters
Cold War-era alliance, 4 letters
Collective defense org., 4 letters
Croatia joined it in '09, 4 letters
DDE's command, once, 4 letters
Def. org. since 1949, 4 letters
Defense alliance since 1949, 4 letters
Defense alliance: Abbr., 4 letters
Defense gp. based in Brussels, 4 letters
Defense gp. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Defense gp. since 1949, 4 letters
Defense group founded in 1949, 4 letters
Defense group since 1949, 4 letters
Defense grp. headquartered in Belgium, 4 letters
Defense grp. headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Defense grp. that includes the U.S., 4 letters
Defense grp. that includes Turkey, 4 letters
Defense org. established in 1949, 4 letters
Defense org. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Defense org. since '49, 4 letters
Defense organization: acron., 4 letters
Defense pact since 1949, 4 letters
Defense-alliance acronym, 4 letters
Eisenhower held a 1950 post in it, 4 letters
Estonia's joining it, 4 letters
Eur. defense acronym, 4 letters
Euro-American alliance: abbr., 4 letters
European defense assn., 4 letters
European defense grp., 4 letters
European peacekeeping grp., 4 letters
European safety coalition: acron., 4 letters
Forces sent to Bosnia, 4 letters
Former Haig command, 4 letters
Gen. Clark's former org., 4 letters
Gp. battling Somali pirates, 4 letters
Gp. created in 1949, 4 letters
Gp. currently headed by ex-Danish PM Anders Rasmussen, 4 letters
Gp. headed by Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 4 letters
Gp. headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Gp. recently joined by Poland, 4 letters
Gp. sitting in Brussels, 4 letters
Gp. with 19 members, 4 letters
Gp. with 26 nations, 4 letters
Gp. with a Brussels HQ, 4 letters
Gp. with headquarters in Brussels, 4 letters
Group that now includes Est., Lith. and Lat., 4 letters
Group with a secy. gen., 4 letters
Group with hdqrs. in Belgium, 4 letters
Group with HQ in Brussels, 4 letters
Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight, 4 letters
Grp. founded in Washington on 4/4/1949, 4 letters
Grp. including Luxembourg, Turkey and Italy, 4 letters
Grp. involved with Kosovo, 4 letters
Grp. that expanded in 1999, 4 letters
Grp. that includes the U.S., 4 letters
Grp. that outlasted the Warsaw Pact, 4 letters
Grp. that spans an ocean, 4 letters
Grp. with a secretary general, 4 letters
Grp. with an alphabet, 4 letters
Grp. with its HQ in Brussels, 4 letters
Iceland is part of it: Abbr., 4 letters
Int'l org. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Int'l. peacekeeping group, 4 letters
International defense grp., 4 letters
International federation: acron., 4 letters
International peace keeping grp., 4 letters
Intl. alliance since 1949, 4 letters
Intl. alliance with 16 member nations, 4 letters
Intl. defense alliance, 4 letters
Intl. defense group, 4 letters
Intl. group since 1949, 4 letters
Intl. group whose initials in English and French are reversed, 4 letters
Intl. group with many generals, 4 letters
Intl. peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
It began in H.S.T.'s administration, 4 letters
It had its 50th anniv. in 1999, 4 letters
It has ports in Port., 4 letters
It now includes Lat. and Lith., 4 letters
It was founded Apr. 4, 1949, 4 letters
It's HQ'd in Brussels, 4 letters
Its first leader was Lord Ismay, 1952-1957, 4 letters
Its flag has a compass rose on it, 4 letters
Its flag has a four-pointed star, 4 letters
Its H.Q. is in Brussels, 4 letters
Its latest military exercises include Greeks and Turks, 4 letters
Its members include Canada and Luxembourg, 4 letters
Its mems. are known as Allies, 4 letters
Its official languages are English and French, 4 letters
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is its secretary general, 4 letters
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's org., 4 letters
Kosovo peacekeepers, 4 letters
Kosovo peacekeeping gp., 4 letters
Kosovo peacekeeping group, 4 letters
Kostunica is demanding that it prevent incursions by Kosovo Albanians, 4 letters
Large mil. alliance, 4 letters
Like some forces in the Balkans, 4 letters
Like some peacekeepers, 4 letters
Long___lived mil. alliance, 4 letters
Lord Ismay was its first Sec. Gen., 4 letters
Mediterranean Dialogue gp., 4 letters
Mil. alliance since 1949, 4 letters
Mil. alliance with official languages of English and French, 4 letters
Military alliance gp., 4 letters
Military alliance gp. since 1949, 4 letters
Military alliance whose flag pictures a compass rose, 4 letters
Much of Eur. is in it, 4 letters
Multi-nation defense gp., 4 letters
Nations without sin?, 4 letters
Nineteen-nation gp., 4 letters
No-fly zone enforcing grp., 4 letters
One side in the cold war, 4 letters
Operation Allied Force gp., 4 letters
Org. based in Belgium, 4 letters
Org. behind Operation Allied Force in 1999, 4 letters
Org. celebrating 50 years in 1999, 4 letters
Org. celebrating 56 years in 2005, 4 letters
Org. created in 1949, 4 letters
Org. established in 1949, 4 letters
Org. expanding into Eastern Europe, 4 letters
Org. for Lord Robertson, 4 letters
Org. formed in 1949, 4 letters
Org. formed on April 4, 1949, 4 letters
Org. formed to contain Communism, 4 letters
Org. founded in 1949, 4 letters
Org. founded in Brussels 1948, 4 letters
Org. headquartered in Brussels, 4 letters
Org. involved in Bosnia, 4 letters
Org. that admitted the Baltic States in March 2004, 4 letters
Org. that monitors no-fly zones, 4 letters
Org. that now includes former Baltic SSRs, 4 letters
Org. that started with 12 members, 4 letters
Org. that's allied with Partnership for Peace, 4 letters
Org. that's expanding, 4 letters
Org. to which Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, et al., belong, 4 letters
Org. whose symbol is a four-pointed compass, 4 letters
Org. with a compass star as its symbol, 4 letters
Org. with peace-keeping forces, 4 letters
Organization created in 1949, 4 letters
What this puzzle's paired theme words all belong to, 12 letters
What this puzzle's paired theme words all belong to, 12 letters
Banner with a white compass rose on a navy blue field, 8 letters
Banner with a white compass rose on a navy blue field, 8 letters
Belgium, Canada, Lithuania, and 25 other countries, 11 letters
Belgium, Canada, Lithuania, and 25 other countries, 11 letters
Iceland or Italy, e.g., 10 letters
Iceland or Italy, e.g., 10 letters