Turkey Doesn’t Need Article V NATO Support to Defend Itself Against Syria

Policy Update (CDFAI) December 2012
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute

by John Noble *

In this Policy Update from the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute, Fellow John Noble ponders whether Turkey will require NATO Article V support to protect itself from Syria. Noble concludes that the Turkish military is about twice the size of the Syrian military and it won’t need any help to handle Syria, but it does need political support from its NATO allies.

* John J. Noble is a Fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.

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