With tensions running high in NATO, it seems the alliance is in sore need of a fresh course on Russia and a new deal on security. A former US ambassador to Moscow and an ex-German envoy to NATO gave their takes to DW.
Arguments about reforming NATO have been around for decades. However, President Donald Trump’s apparent ambivalence toward the organization’s security role has crushed many long-held notions in Europe, launching a new round of soul-searching among the US’s allies. In addition to calling NATO “obsolete,” Trump has pressured its members to increase their defense spending and signaled a more isolationist foreign policy for the United States.
