The NATO Alliance Is Terminally Ill Ted Galen Carpenter - The National Interest
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QaAQB--AHbZx8S8n5G1q6qt2CtLGgJcBeCeD-eybQvoa 5Yt1t8jHK4NBOR0kTZhfoEI_423eDYv_KN1djh4HDGNOfWwQ4zix7oM9zGvWFSFootXuJEnqKkHM ldmP4HhfUSm9x2soHvpOVwmxQfjX9lCGtLY0hpcbcxf6L7riZmyx3rp2MIVvinoDF2BYZsAuf23w IVGLx_ADcbcccW_48VJyqZqFdxyTA-L3dNyzUYFAe2tmqxfUzv6RZ0ayFng8&c=3dNbWyUvKere0 umQLR-R8cmn0ki6sU6xRdtAExkSnaUxYWJsVp2_Yg==&ch=pnVldU_efa0WNFjkZfwiD1ScFlimP -_vnGTs8tQ8f4rEnwoVwGIibg==> http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/the-nato-alliance-terminally-i ll-17066 The attempted military coup in Turkey sent shock waves through NATO. No matter how the coup turned out, it would have bad news for the alliance ... NATO still confronts the problem of a member state that is now a dictatorship in all but name. That is likely to be unpalatable to several fellow members and cause serious tensions and divisions in the alliance. But Turkey's descent into authoritarianism is hardly the only sign of illness in the alliance. There are noticeable uncertainties about the most pressing security issue: how to deal with Russia ... Germany is not the only NATO member to exhibit doubts about the increasingly hardline policy toward Russia. Both Hungary and the Czech Republic have shown some reluctance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "serbia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/serbia. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
