Editing North Atlantic Treaty (section)

====Threatened Invocations====

There have also been instances where Article 4 was not formally invoked, but instead threatened.  In fact, this was viewed as one of the original intentions for Article 4: as a means to elevate issues and provide member nations a means of deterrence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1224&context=eilr|author=Sherrod L. Bumgardner|title=Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty|access-date=2022-02-26|quote=In 1954, the first Secretary General of NATO, Lord Ismay, emphasized Article 4 consultation as a deterrence measure before an armed attack|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224215057/https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1224&context=eilr|url-status=live}}</ref>  For example, in November 2021, the Polish foreign ministry—along with Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia—briefly considered triggering Article 4 due to the [[2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis|Belarusian migrant crisis]], but it was not formally requested.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/poland-considers-activating-natos-article-4-says-pm-25997|title=Poland considers activating Nato's Article 4, says PM|access-date=2022-02-25|date=2021-11-14|archive-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226002142/https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/poland-considers-activating-natos-article-4-says-pm-25997|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/baltics-pledge-support-to-poland-over-natos-article-4/|title=Baltics pledge support to Poland over NATO's Article 4|date=2021-11-16|access-date=2022-03-01|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301231406/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/baltics-pledge-support-to-poland-over-natos-article-4/|url-status=live}}</ref> And on 28 December 2024, Swedish member of parliament and former minister of defense, [[Peter Hultqvist]] wanted the government to activate Article 4 in response to the [[2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://omni.se/a/EyL6AK |title=Hultqvist om Östersjön: Aktivera Natos Artikel 4|date=28 December 2024|access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>