Neutral countries, including Austria, Ireland, Malta, and Switzerland, have proposed that NATO deepen cooperation, including expanding participation in military exercises and intelligence sharing in the WEP4 format, amid Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, according to Die Presse. At the end of December last year, diplomats from four neutral countries sent a letter to NATO proposing to expand cooperation. Representatives of the neutral countries made specific proposals to deepen ties with the Alliance, ranging from increased participation in exercises to privileged access to documents and inf…