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Keeping the Americans In /

29 Aug 2017

In the impudent phrase of Hastings “Pug” Ismay, NATO’s first secretary general, the organization was designed to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”. [...] It undermines the core of the transatlantic relationship and makes a mockery of the “collective” in collective security. [...] Trump’s campaign claim that the world order is not in the U. S.’s interest and that the world is taking the American people to the cleaners has found resonance. [...] After generations of free-riding, we and the rest of the Alliance cannot expect the U. S. – nor is the Trump administration prepared – to invest in collective security when we are not willing to make the necessary investments ourselves. [...] Keeping to the schedule in the building of our new warships and purchase of our new fighter jets is as important a commitment as our leadership of the new multinational brigade in Latvia.
government politics democracy united states canada diplomacy foreign policy international relations national security nato defence treaty public sphere global politics canadian global affairs institute colin robertson (diplomat)
ISBN
9781988493558
Pages
7
Published in
Ottawa, ON, CA

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