Nato articles sorted out disputes (12)

I believe the answer is:

altercations

'disputes' is the definition.
(altercation is a kind of dispute)

'nato articles sorted' is the wordplay.
'sorted' indicates an anagram.
'nato'+'articles'='natoarticles'
'natoarticles' is an anagram of 'ALTERCATIONS'.

'out' is the link.

(Another definition for altercations that I've seen is " Noisy arguments".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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