Gabriel Elefteriu, Foreign Relations: NATO’s problem is political, not strategic
THE recent NATO summit that took place in Brussels on 11-12 July ended with an effusive endorsement of the Alliance by the man who many feared had come to blow it up. “Now we’re very happy”, President Trump said in his concluding press conference before adding that “the United States was not being treated fairly but now we are”, and that “I believe in NATO, I think NATO is a very important, probably the greatest ever done [sic]”. There was much more in this vein as the president extolled the “great unity, great spirit, great esprit de corps” achieved amongst the Alliance leaders during “a fantastic two days” – and the “$33 billion” extra cash he claimed to have extracted for NATO from its members.
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WNU Editor: A thoughtful assessment/analysis on the current U.S.-EU-NATO relationship. As to what is my take. NATO was always a political-military instrument, and it has had many up and down moments throughout its history. And while there is a problem of trust between the U.S. and some NATO governments right now, I have seen this before (height of the Cold War when President Reagan was in power, how to respond to the Yugoslav civil war, etc.), and I am optimistic that these differences will be brushed aside and/or accommodated with time.
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