Turkey’s Gun-Running Into Libya More Reason To Reconsider Its NATO Membership
For some time now, Turkey has been working counter to the interests of its NATO allies, fomenting unrest and instability in global hotspots.
With Afghanistan Deal, Trump Has A Foreign Policy Record He Can Take To Re-Election
No new wars or interventions in Iran or Venezuela, a partial drawdown from Iraq and Syria, and an Afghanistan withdrawal deal is a foreign policy record to be proud of.
NATO’s Troubles Are Not Going Away After Trump
With greater expansion comes greater dilution, and a diluted alliance is as good as dead, as there will never be a sense of internal cohesion.
3 Major Reforms NATO Needs To Keep From Collapsing
NATO is doing a relatively poor job, buttressed by a static decision-making process, a bureaucracy resistant to change, and unaccountable member states who are happy to cheap-ride and get away with it.
French President Emmanuel Macron Gets Trumpian On NATO
Emmanuel Macron’s harsh assessment of NATO is just a new episode of French realism in the European balance. The ‘iron hand in a velvet glove’ is back.
It’s High Time To Reassess The United States’ Relationship With Ukraine
Lost in all the partisan bickering is a more important issue: Washington’s overall relationship with Ukraine and whether that relationship really serves America’s best interests.
Turkey Is A Case Study In What’s Wrong With NATO
Will you send your son or daughter to die for autocratic Turkey? Then why is the United States committed to defending this nation if any other country attacks it?
How The Iraq And Afghanistan Wars Soured Americans On NATO
To be effective, NATO needs the support of the American people. That means no more regime-change, occupations, or long term nation-building missions.
Why NATO Shouldn’t Become A Victim Of Its Own Success
Critiques rest on false assumptions about the role of NATO. These are enabled by its success at achieving its objectives.
It’s Time For The United States To Stop Funding National Security For The World
Europe is the beneficiary of the insurance policy that Americans pay, since a majority of NATO members do not have any significant investment in defense.
Here’s What Trump And NATO Should Do About Russia’s Aggressions
Despite the hand-wringing and remonstrations about what President Trump did and did not say to Putin, there is much to contend with between the world’s two largest nuclear powers.
Why The World No Longer Needs The Cold War’s NATO
The old willingness to ‘pay any price, bear any burden’ is waning. There is no reason we should subsidize others’ luxuries, let alone when we have so many problems at home.
It’s Time For The United States To Stop Funding Other Wealthy Countries’ Defense
Article 5’s commitment to common defense means nothing if other NATO members aren’t making, or actively trying to make, their contributions to the club.