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The consultation is what triggering article 4 means. Article 5 is collective defense. Article 4 The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of a
by throwaway5752 5y ago
The consultation is what triggering article 4 means. Article 5 is collective defense.
Article 4
The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.ht...
- chinathrow 5y agoSo Article 4 is talking - I am very sure lot's of talking within NATO happened in the last couple of months already - what does this change?
- hguant 5y agoTalking before this; hey what's our plan if Russia invades? Ok, what about if Russia does a "small" invasion? Etc. "Informal" in that they're not producing anything that requires a vote or action from member parties - it's meeting of established joint committees, distribution of memoranda, back and forth on policy. Talking now: which of the plans we have discussed before are we going to enact? Formal meeting, in that a member state has declared it's intent to bring a topic to the table and that the body is obligated to discuss and determine a course of action - which is allowed to be "no action". Basically, before now everyone figured out what to do on paper, now the Treaty Organization has to make a decision about next steps.