The provisions are core parts of the NATO charter, but are not often invoked. By Michael Crowley As the investigation into a deadly explosion in Polish territory continues, Poland’s government ...

Two missiles from the Ukrainian war theater struck Poland, a NATO member, on Tuesday, setting off a frenzy over the Western alliance’s mutual defense mechanism known as Article 5. Article 5 of ...

The United States made a “sacred commitment” to Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty ... means that if Russian forces were to attack Poland, for instance, that move should be treated as ...

Article 5 doesn’t automatically get triggered once a NATO member is attacked; the country attacked needs to request that the alliance invoke it – in this case, that would mean Poland ...

as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), "whether the criteria for the implementation of Article 4 were met." Poland could also have invoked Article 5 of the North Atlantic ...

For the nearly nine months of this war, Ukraine has served as Europe’s buffer. A cushion between the freedom that has reigned since the Iron Curtain rusted and fell three decades ago and ...

And in this case, as NATO believes the missile reached Poland accidentally and was fired by an ally (Ukraine), there’s no reason to think that this would trigger Article 5. What is Article 4 and ...

Two people are dead after a missile hit a Polish town near the Ukrainian border. Speaking on Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the incident was "likely caused by a Ukranian ...

Poland Says Trump Committed to NATO and Will Be at Hague Summit WARSAW (Reuters) - United States President Donald Trump remains committed to NATO's Article 5 on mutual defence and will be present ...

"It’s very important for us [to hear] the commitment that NATO will defend Poland in any critical situation,” he said, referring to the alliance’s common defense Article 5. The reassurances come as ...