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Will NATO miss Donald Trump? For better, for worse Some of those changes have been at least partially positive, even if they left scars on the alliance's psyche. For example, while Trump did not, as he frequently misstates, prompt a reversal of allies' decline in defense spending — that already happened in 2014 — it is credible that nations boosted their military budgets faster toward the NATO goal of 2% of GDP in an effort to avoid his public haranguing. "He also got [allies] talking about China," Taylor notes. "That's something that was never on NATO's agenda. And whether it would hav...

What Biden’s election means for Central Europe REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory was met with deep sighs of relief in European capitals. US President Donald J. Trump’s tenure has traumatized the old continent, and many leaders are looking forward to repairing their relationships with the United States through the next occupant of the White House. While Western Europe is looking forward to the next four years, the reaction is more mixed as one moves east. Even beyond the countries whose leaders have embraced Trump, such as Hungary, Poland, and...

“Security in an Insecure World” December 17, 2020 Thank you very much Ambassador Prevelakis, and Theo, thank you for the invitation to come speak again. I want to say what a pleasure and honor it is to be on the circuit with so many old friends and colleagues. It’s great to see Jim Townsend there and also Admiral Apostolakis who gets so much credit in my mind for laying the foundation for the extraordinary military-to-military relationship we enjoy with Greece today. I also want to say it’s a real pleasure to have the opportunity to speak to some of the issues that Ambassador Lyberopo...

by Thierry Meyssan The gigantic headquarters of the largest military organization in history. Purpose? The furtherance of world tensions and possibly catastrophic war. No one challenged NATO rules during the Cold War except France. But in view of its excesses since 2001, each of its members (except Turkey) is thinking of getting out of it, including the United States for whom it is nevertheless indispensable. The internal report on what it should become illustrates its contradictions and the difficulty of reforming it. While the American hyper—power is in advanced decline and President Dona...