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Analyst warns Moscow may provoke incidents below NATO's Article 5 threshold
Original: # Andžāns says # Moscow could seek to create ambiguous situations that remain below the threshold of # NATO ’s Article 5
Latvian security analyst Maris Andžāns warns that Moscow could engineer deliberately ambiguous incidents that stay below the threshold triggering NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause, making it harder for allies to agree on a united response. He argues such confusion is precisely what Vladimir Putin wants to achieve — splitting allied decision-making through deniable aggression.
Why now: Ongoing concerns about Russian hybrid provocations against NATO members keep debate alive over how the alliance would respond to ambiguous attacks.
Maris AndžānsNATOMoscowVladimir Putin
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- # Andžāns says # Moscow could seek to create ambiguous situations that remain below the threshold of # NATO ’s Article 5, making it harder for allies to reach a decision. "That is exactly what # Putin wants to achieve - to create an unclear and difficult situation in which #… · kardinal691@mastodon.online · 2
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