Defense pact
Military alliance in which countries agree to come to each other's defense
A defense pact (Commonwealth spelling: defence pact) is a type of treaty or military alliance in which the signatories promise to support each other militarily and to defend each other.[1] Generally, the signatories point out the threats and concretely prepare to respond to it together.[2]
Current treaties
Year | Name | Member States | ||
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Treaty name | Also known as | Present members | Former/suspended members | |
1373 | Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 | Anglo-Portuguese Alliance |
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1947 | Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance | Rio Treaty TIAR |
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1949 | North Atlantic Treaty |
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1951 | Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Philippines | |||
1951 | ANZUS | |||
1953 | Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea | |||
1960 | Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan | |||
1961 | Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty | |||
1971 | Five Power Defence Arrangements | |||
1979 | Taiwan Relations Act | |||
1992 | Collective Security Treaty | CSTO |
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2023 | Alliance of Sahel States | ASS AES |
- ^ Joined as Kingdom of Greece.
- ^ Joined as West Germany. After reunification in 1990, the former East German territory became covered by NATO protection.
Historical treaties
Year | Treaty name | Member States |
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1778–1798 | Treaty of Alliance |
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1873–1887 | League of the Three Emperors | |
1948–1992 | Finno-Soviet Treaty | |
1950–1979 | Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance | |
1954–1977 | Southeast Asia Treaty Organization | |
1955–1979 | Middle East Treaty Organization |
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1955–1980 | Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty | |
1955–1991 | Warsaw Pact |
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See also
References
- ^ Volker Krause, J. David Singer "Minor Powers, Alliances, And Armed Conflict: Some Preliminary Patterns", in "Small States and Alliances", 2001, pp 15–23, ISBN 978-3-7908-2492-6 (Print) ISBN 978-3-662-13000-1 (Online) [1]
- ^ Fulvio Attinà "State aggregation in defense pacts: systemic explanations", Jean Monnet Working Papers, University of Catania, nr. 56, November 2004, ISSN 2281-9029 [2]
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