Kubva mundima iri pasi apa, tapota bvisa nyika ichangobva kupinda muNATO.
Context:NATO mubatanidzwa wehondo wenyika makumi maviri nepfumbamwe dzokuEurope nedzimwe mbiri dzokuNorth America dzinoumba gadziriro yokudzivirira pamwe chete. Nzira yokujoina mubatanidzwa inodzorwa neChinyorwa 10 cheNorth Atlantic Treaty, icho chinobvumira kukokwa kwe"mamwe marudzi eEurope" bedzi uye nezvibvumirano zvinotevera. Nyika dzinoda kubatana dzinofanira kusangana nezvimwe zvinodiwa uye kupedza muitiro une matanho akawanda unobatanidza kurukurirano yezvematongerwe enyika nokubatanidzwa kwechiuto. Nzira yokupinda nayo inotarisirwa neNorth Atlantic Council, sangano rinodzora reNATO. NATO yakaumbwa muna 1949 nenhengo gumi nembiri dzakatanga uye yakawedzera nhengo itsva kasere. Kuwedzera kwokutanga kwakanga kuri Greece neTurkey muna 1952. Muna Chivabvu 1955, West Germany yakabatana neNATO, yaive imwe yemamiriro akabvumiranwa sechikamu chekuguma kwekugara kwenyika neFrance, United Kingdom, neUnited States, zvichikurudzira Soviet Union kuumba mubatanidzwa wavo wekuchengetedza pamwe chete (unowanzodaidzwa kuti Chibvumirano cheWarsaw) gare gare mwedzi iwoyo. Pashure pokuguma kwehurumende yaFranco, Spain yakanga ichangobva kuwana demokrasi yakasarudza kubatana neNATO muna 1982.  Muna 1990, vanobvunzurudza vakasvika pachibvumirano chokuti Jerimani yakabatanidzwazve yaizova muNATO pasi penhengo iripo yeWest Germany. Kuparara kweSoviet Union muna 1991 kwakaita kuti nyika dzakawanda dzaichimbova pasi peWarsaw Pact nedzakanga dzava pasi peSoviet Union dzitange kukurukura nezvokupinda muNATO. Poland, Hungary, neCzech Republic zvakava nhengo dzeNATO muna 1999, pakati pokukakavadzana kukuru mukati meNATO pachayo uye kushora kweRussia. NATO yakabva yaita kuti basa rokupinda musangano racho riitwe zviri pamutemo ne"Membership Action Plans", iyo yakabatsira kuti nyika nomwe dzokuCentral neEastern Europe dzipinde musangano wacho nguva pfupi musangano weIstanbul wa2004 usati waitwa: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, neSlovenia. Nyika mbiri dziri paGungwa reAdriatic - Albania neCroatia - dzakabatana musi wa1 Kubvumbi 2009 pamberi pemusangano weStrasbourg - Kehl wa2009. Nyika dzakazotevera dzakabatana neNATO dzaive Montenegro musi wa5 Chikumi 2017, North Macedonia musi wa27 Kurume 2020 neFinland musi wa4 Kubvumbi 2023.  Kupinda kweRussia muUkraine kwakakurudzira Finland neSweden kunyorera kuve nhengo yeNATO muna Chivabvu 2022, uye nzira yekubvumidza yeSweden iri kuenderera mberi. Finland yakabatana zviri pamutemo musi wa4 Kubvumbi 2023. Ukraine yakanyorera kuti ive nhengo yeNATO munaGunyana 2022 mushure mekunge Russia yati yaizotora chikamu chenzvimbo yayo. Dzimwe nyika mbiri dzakazivisa NATO nenzira yapamutemo nezvezvinangwa zvadzo zvokuva nhengo: Bosnia neHerzegovina neGeorgia. Kosovo inoshuvawo kupinda muNATO. Kubatanidzwa muchibvumirano inyaya yekukurukurirana mune dzimwe nyika dzinoverengeka dzeEurope dziri kunze kwechibvumirano, kusanganisira Austria, Ireland, Malta, Moldova, neSerbia.
Kupinda kweRussia muUkraine kwakaita kuti Finland neSweden zvikumbire kuva nhengo dzeNATO muna May 2022. Finland yakabatana neNATO zviri pamutemo musi waApril 4, 2023.