What Role For NATO? Ukraine Crisis May Push It Back To Basics. -- Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor
The treaty organization has been suffering from a lack of direction since the end of the cold war, but Russian aggression in Ukraine may rejuvenate its role in Europe.
If President Obama’s visit with the secretary general of NATO in Brussels today had happened before Russia annexed Crimea, it might have garnered little attention.
The alliance, formed at the start of the cold war, has long struggled to defend its relevance since the demise of the Soviet Union, and soul-searching has begun in earnest this year as NATO prepares to withdraw entirely from Afghanistan.
But the crisis with Russia, and in particular President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that Moscow has the right to defend Russians living anywhere, has suddenly breathed new life into NATO’s raison d’être. Two years after the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for six decades of advancing peace, Russia’s antagonism has bolstered those who argue the continued relevancy of NATO’s historic mission as a counterweight to Moscow.
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Obama: Regular NATO presence required in Eastern Europe -- RT
U.S. president, NATO secretary general talk about additional security measures for allies in view of situation with Ukraine -- Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine crisis revives talk of NATO, but little direct role seen -- FOX News
US to commit more forces to NATO efforts -- UT San Diego
US to commit more forces to NATO efforts -- Washington Post/AP
NATO next for Sweden and Finland? -- Deutsche Welle
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