Bad Timing; The Future of NATO  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8778 (Mar. 2012), page 17-18.
Topik: Alliances; International Organizations; Manycountries; Politics; Economic Crisis

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NATO is facing an uncertain future. Two developments are particularly threatening. The first is the Obama administration's declaration earlier this year that coping with China's rising military power and reassuring allies in Asia would take priority over Europe. With Europe increasingly seen by America as a "producer" rather than a "consumer" of security, the second worry is that the economic crisis within the euro zone leaves NATO's European members less able to play their part. This is worrying, because NATO still matters. Europe may be whole, free and at peace, but it is deluding itself if it thinks it is unthreatened. There is unsettled business in the Balkans; Vladimir Putin's Russia is accelerating its military modernisation at an ominous clip while showing few signs of wanting a warmer relationship with the West; north Africa is close and volatile; there are old threats such as the spread of terrorism from failed states and newer ones such as proliferating weapons of mass destruction and cyber-warfare. As NATO's secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, recently observed, just investing in homeland security does not offer enough protection.

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