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Plain-language definitions for terms you'll encounter in geopolitics and international economics.

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Article 5 (NATO)

The collective-defense clause of the North Atlantic Treaty: an armed attack against one ally is considered an attack against all. Invoked once in NATO's history, after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

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