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NATO: Article V and Collective Defense (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date July 17, 1997
Report Number 97-717
Report Type Report
Authors Paul E. Gallis, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty does not guarantee the use of force to assist an ally under attack. Nonetheless, the U.S. pledge to assist an ally under attack has been the core of the alliance. Despite growing political functions, the NATO views collective defense, and not collective security, as its core function.