If any member is attacked, every other member has to come to their aid.
They don’t have to. It stipulates that a war on one member is viewed as a declaration of war on all members. But there’s no protocol that forces members to act.
For example when the Cypriot war broke out between Greece and Turkey, both NATO members.
They don’t have to. It stipulates that a war on one member is viewed as a declaration of war on all members. But there’s no protocol that forces members to act.
For example when the Cypriot war broke out between Greece and Turkey, both NATO members.
Then it would make such membership meaningless and will only undermine collective action within NATO?
Yeah, in practice this is interpreted as as everyone must join to retaliate, except maybe in niche cases like the aggressor also being in NATO.
It is what it is