April 21, 2025

Five Eyes partners suspend intelligence sharing after Article 5 threats

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NATO suspends intelligence sharing as allies form new pacts excluding US

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On Apr. 21, 2025, NATO allies considered suspending intelligence sharing with the United States after former President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from mutual defense commitments (Topic Details).

Approximately 60% of global trade flows through international agreements and alliances that exclude the United States (Question 5, WTO trade statistics).

United States allies and democratic partners represent about 70% of global GDP (Question 17, IMF World Economic Outlook database).

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Which military alliance includes most Western European nations and the United States?

What percentage of global trade flows through international alliances that exclude the U.S.?

What percentage of global GDP is represented by U.S. allies and partners?

Countries can easily replace the United States as a trading partner.

The United States can maintain global influence without international partnerships.

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Donald Trump (Former President of the United States)

threatened to withdraw from mutual defense commitments, prompting NATO allies to weigh suspending intelligence sharing (Topic Details).

What you can do

On the NATO official website (https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html), subscribe to the press release RSS feed and check the “Latest News” section for statements on intelligence‐sharing decisions to monitor any suspension proposals.

At the WTO trade datasets page (https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/trade_datasets_e.htm), download the “Trade Profiles” data file, filter for agreements excluding the United States, and calculate the percentage of your state’s exports covered by those alliances.

On the Constitution Center’s Article II, Section 2 page (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-ii/clauses/347), bookmark the “Treaty Clause” section and review the list of pending defense‐related treaties requiring two-thirds Senate approval to track prospective changes to U.S. defense commitments.