(Brussels Composite Electric) The report published on Monday (April 15) of the NATO Institute of Defense states that if the Taiwan Strait has a conflict and war spreads to the territory of the United States in the Pacific, NATO may be involved in it.
Asian reports, the academic report entitled by NATO and Taiwan's emergencies does not represent the official position of NATO, but the report of the Taiwan situation with NATO in the report is rare, so it may be planned to formulate NATO.Reference for strategic plan.
The author of the report is Li Yutang, an assistant researcher at the European and American Research Institute of Taiwan Central Research Institute. In the report, he pointed out that if the Taiwan Strait conflict is limited to Taiwan or the first island chain, it is unlikely to trigger the fifth of NATO, that is, any NATO member member, that is, any NATO member memberThe attack will trigger collective defense rights.
However, if the conflict is upgraded to China to attack the US military facilities in Hawaii, it depends on how Hawaii is defined to determine whether it may trigger Article 5, but even if it is triggered, the NATO allies are relatively limited.
Reports also explore how European countries cooperate with the United States under different emergencies.These situations include alliance members who have called on the NATO allies to impose sanctions on China, or call for activities to carry out activities in the Pacific region of India, such as Britain, France, Germany, and Canada to support American actions when necessary.
TheReport states that if the United States concentrates its strength in the Indo -Pacific region and will face the risk of "European Faking Windows", it is recommended that Washington and NATO should consider formulating emergency plans.