A defense pact (Commonwealth spelling: defence pact) is a type of treaty or military alliance in which the signatories promise to support each other militarily and to defend each other.[1] Generally, the signatories point out the threats and concretely prepare to respond to it together.[2]
Current treaties
edit| Year | Name | Member states | ||
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| 1947 | Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance treaties |
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| 1949 | North Atlantic Treaty |
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| 1951 | Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines | |||
| 1951 | ANZUS | |||
| 1953 | Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea | |||
| 1960 | Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan | |||
| 1961 | Sino-North Korean Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance | |||
| 1962 | Thanat–Rusk communiqué | |||
| 1992 | Collective Security Treaty |
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| 2009 | Treaty of Lisbon |
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| 2010 | Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support | |||
| 2021 | Franco-Greek defence agreement[4] | |||
| 2021 | AUKUS | |||
| 2023 | Alliance of Sahel States |
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| 2024 | Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership | |||
| 2025 | Papua New Guinea – Australia Mutual Defence Treaty | |||
| 2026 | India - Russia Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement | |||
- ↑ Joined as Kingdom of Greece.
- ↑ Joined as West Germany. After reunification in 1990, the former East German territory became covered by NATO protection.
Historical treaties
edit| Year | Treaty name | Member States |
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| 1778–1798 | Treaty of Alliance |
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| 1873–1887 | League of the Three Emperors | |
| 1921–1938 | Little Entente | |
| 1934–1941 | Balkan Pact | |
| 1950–1979 | Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance | |
| 1954–1977 | Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
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| 1955–1979 | Middle East Treaty Organization |
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| 1955–1979 | Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty | |
| 1955–1991 | Warsaw Pact |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Volker Krause, J. David Singer "Minor Powers, Alliances, And Armed Conflict: Some Preliminary Patterns", in "Small States and Alliances and addons conductory", 2001, pp 15–23, ISBN 978-3-7908-2492-6 (Print) ISBN 978-3-662-13000-1 (Online)
- ↑ Fulvio Attinà "State aggregation in defense pacts: systemic explanations", Jean Monnet Working Papers, University of Catania, nr. 56, November 2004, ISSN 2281-9029
- ↑ As part of the FrenchRepublic, French Algeria was protected under. After Algerian independence in 1962, the French Algerian territory's NATO protection ceased as the Article VI was able to access applicablity.
- ↑ "The Entire France-Greece Defense and Security Agreement". Greek Reporter. 28 September 2021.
- ↑ "Papua New Guinea – Australia Mutual Defence Treaty". Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "India-Russia RELOS Agreement". EconomicTimes. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
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