Defense pact
{{Short description|Military alliance in which countries agree to come to each other's defense}}
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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.Volker Krause, J. David Singer "Minor Powers, Alliances, And Armed Conflict: Some Preliminary Patterns", in "Small States and Alliances", 2001, pp 15–23, {{ISBN|978-3-7908-2492-6}} (Print) {{ISBN|978-3-662-13000-1}} (Online) [http://www.bundesheer.at/pdf_pool/publikationen/05_small_states_03.pdf] Generally, the signatories point out the threats and concretely prepare to respond to it together.Fulvio Attinà "State aggregation in defense pacts: systemic explanations", Jean Monnet Working Papers, University of Catania, nr. 56, November 2004, ISSN 2281-9029 [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fscpo.unict.it/EuroMed/jmwp56.pdf]
Current treaties
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| 1373
|Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 |
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| 1947
|Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance |
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| 1949
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| 1951
|Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines | |
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| 1951
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| 1953
|Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea | |
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| 1960
|Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan | |
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| 1961
|Sino-North Korean Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance | |
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| 1992
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| 2019
|Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation and Integration |
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| 2021
|Franco-Greek defence agreement{{cite news | url=https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/28/the-entire-france-greece-defense-and-security-agreement/ | title=The Entire France-Greece Defense and Security Agreement |publisher= Greek Reporter| date=28 September 2021 }} | |
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| 2023
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| 2024
|North Korean–Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership | |
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Historical treaties
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!Year !Treaty name !Member States |
| 1778–1798
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| 1873–1887
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| 1950–1979
|Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance |
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| 1954–1977
|Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
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| 1955–1979
|Middle East Treaty Organization |
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| 1955–1980
|Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty |
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| 1955–1991
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See also
References
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