Why we can’t rely on NATO to make Europe whole again
For a longterm peace, the region needs new security structures outside of the alliance that eventually include Russia.
For a longterm peace, the region needs new security structures outside of the alliance that eventually include Russia.
These historically complex conflicts can only be resolved by a long-term, patient strategy led by Europeans, not the US.
Scholars like Hal Brands twist the history to make their own hardline and confrontational positions attractive and idealistic.
Some think it’s time for NATO to show its ‘overwhelming power’ against Putin, but as always, the devil is in the details.
The Atlantic Alliance has called Moscow its ‘most significant and direct threat,’ but how do both sides’ militaries actually compare?
The tiny independent region is one of many places chafing against arbitrary borders imposed by former empires.
While Europe becomes increasingly dependent on the US in its own backyard, the alliance puts Beijing on notice.
The NATO summit, as well as Lithuania’s moves on Kaliningrad, show that the lessons of WWI — its beginning and end — are lost on us.
With JCPOA talks restarting, European leaders must take their chance to prevent military escalation and further turmoil in energy markets.
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The US needs to think outside the box and help create a new security architecture that not only includes Russia but perhaps replaces NATO.
They don’t need the protection, but it will be the nail in the coffin of European autonomy and any future relations with Russia.
While the war is not causing all of the world’s economic crises, ending it is becoming a matter of life and death.
His success may have led to further instability in states across the former Yugoslavia, diverting attention from larger US-EU strategic goals.
The French president has been pushing diplomacy with Russia and for regional autonomy. Not all of his neighbors think that way.
The allies did not invite Ukraine into NATO because they didn’t want to risk war. The same rationale applies to these two countries.
These presidential candidates, locked now in a super tight race, have vastly differing positions on Russia and European cohesion.