Number: 97-717
Title: NATO: Article V and Collective Defense
Authors: Paul E. Gallis, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: 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.
Pages: 6
Date: July 17, 1997