Putin’s plans for Europe

Putin’s plans for Europe

Keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in and the Germans down. That was the purpose of Nato, in the words of Lord Ismay, the Alliance’s first secretary-general. Yet, the organisation is currently being put to the test on two of those missions. With US President Donald Trump openly threatening not to protect imperilled member states who have not been spending on defence, the threat of the Americans pulling out increases. But so too does the thr