Number: 97-668 Title: NATO EXPANSION: COST ISSUES Authors: Carl Ek, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Abstract: During their December 1997 summit in Brussels, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) signed protocols that would add three countries--Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary--to the alliance. The national legislatures of the current 15 member countries must now approve the enlargement. One major question being considered is how much expansion might cost. Pages: 20 Date: Updated February 26, 1998