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NATO, the oldest surviving collective security system, is facing challenge of transactional coercion from its own biggest member. What future does NATO have amidst such developments?

  • UPSC 2026
  • 20 marks
  • Changing International Political Order

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Founded in 1949 by twelve states and now 32 strong, NATO is strictly a collective defence alliance rather than a collective security system: its Article 5 pledge runs only to members and only against an outside attacker. An alliance of this kind lives on the credibility of its leading guarantor. When that guarantor starts pricing…

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  • The nature of the coercion
  • Theoretical readings of NATO's future
  • Evidence of resilience
  • Limits of a Europe-led NATO
  • Likely trajectory
  • Conclusion
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