Editing North Atlantic Treaty (section)

==Potential military conflict between NATO members==

Full-scale war between two or more NATO members has never occurred, and is not allowed by Article 1. Should conflict occur, there is not a well-established procedure as to what would happen. One argument is that by Article 8, the two members fall under [[Abeyance#Settling litigation|abeyance]] of the Treaty;<ref name="Greco Turkish Conflict">{{cite journal |title=NATO Allies on the Brink of War: The Cause for Implementing a Dispute Resolution Mechanism Within The North Atlantic Treaty. |journal=Brooklyn Journal of International Law |url=https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol49/iss2/8/ |year=2024 |last=Solomotis |first=Samantha |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=617–651 |issn=0740-4824 |access-date=2025-01-26 |quote=Article 8 of the NAT provides that "[e]ach party...undertakes not to enter into any international engagement in conflict with this Treaty." By continuing to provoke each other and threaten war, one could argue that both Greece and Turkey have breached their obligations under the NAT and thus should face consequences |archive-date=6 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006101915/https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol49/iss2/8/ |url-status=live }}</ref> or that due to Article 5, NATO allies would thus enter into war against the aggressor party.<ref>{{cite journal |title=What if NATO members go to war against each other? |journal=In Casu Magazine |date=February 2021 |last=Korucu |first=Soner |volume=28 |issue=3 |url=https://incasumagazine.nl/magazine/in-casu-magazine-nr-24/what-if-nato-members-go-to-war-against-each-other/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |quote=Since NATO is an intergovernmental organization the sovereignty lays by members, which gives them the choice in what way they want to help an attacked member based on the Article 5 NAT. |archive-date=26 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126214731/https://incasumagazine.nl/magazine/in-casu-magazine-nr-24/what-if-nato-members-go-to-war-against-each-other/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

There have been several [[Militarized interstate dispute|militarised disputes between NATO allies]] that have threatened this:

{| class=wikitable
|+ NATO Militarised Interstate Conflicts
|-
! Date
! colspan=2 | Belligerents
! Conflict
|-
| 1958 - 1961, 1972 - 73 and 1975 - 76
| {{flag|Belgium}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br />{{flag|West Germany}}
| {{flag|Iceland}}
| [[Cod Wars]]
|-
| 1974 - Present
| {{flag|Greece}}
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| [[Cyprus problem#1974 Greek coup d'etat and Turkish invasion|Turkish invasion of Cyprus]]
|-
| 1994 - 1996
| {{flag|Canada}}
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Turbot War]]
|-
| 1992 - Present
| {{flag|Greece}}
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| [[Aegean dispute#Incidents|Aegean dispute]]
|}