Variable: Consultancy Obligation

QoG Code: (atop_consult)


Dataset: The ATOP State-Year dataset

Description:

Consultancy Obligation

  1. Has no Consultancy obligations
  2. Has Consultancy obligations

Coded 1 if the alliance member promises to consult with one or more alliance partners in the event of crises with the potential to become militarized conflicts.
The consultation obligation must be (1) specific to militarized crises, and (2) imply a goal of policy coordination.
A general promise to consult on issues affecting the interests of the signatories or to consult on important international problems is not enough to qualify as a consultation pact for our purposes, unless the agreement further specifies that the signatories will consult upon issues of security with the goal of policy coordination.

Type of variable: Binary

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-09-26
Last updated by source: 2022-08-09


Categories:

Conflict


Find this variable in:

OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 190
OECD time-series: 32


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2018