Trump Should Turn NATO Over to Europe

"Europeans don't need to spend more on defense. What they really need is to be smarter in the geopolitical arena," says Singaporean diplomat and regular collaborator of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN and Financial Times, among other means800 organizations and representatives of culture, university and activism ask for alternatives to rearmament In 1989, Secretary of State James Baker assured Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO wo…

Trump Should Turn NATO Over to Europe

Foreign Affairs Trump Should Turn NATO Over to Europe Don’t insult the Europeans. Work with them to shift the military burden. There have been 13 presidents since the end of World War II. Donald Trump has done more than the other dozen combined to push Europe to take its own defense seriously. His approach is easy to criticize and there is still much for the continent to do. However, if Joe Biden still occupied the Oval Office, the Europeans wo…

Trump Should Hand NATO Responsibilities to Europe

Since World War II, there have been 13 presidents of the United States, and Donald Trump has made a significant impact on how Europe views its defense. Many believe he has pushed European nations to take their security more seriously than before. Critics often point to his approach as harsh, yet it’s argued that if Joe Biden were still president, European countries would be enjoying the benefits of American military support without feeling the n…