British paratroopers jumped from a C-130 Hercules plane during an alliance training exercise near Torun, Poland, this month. Credit Kacper Pempel/Reuters
New York Times: Shifting Attention to Mediterranean, NATO Fights Internal Dissent
BRUSSELS — NATO is discussing how to step up its response to the European migrant crisis by expanding its presence in the Mediterranean region, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this week.
But the proposals, discussed during a meeting of the alliance’s defense ministers, are being questioned by Turkey, which says that limited resources would be better used to protect member nations from more traditional threats like Russia. Turkey is also pressing for an end to the limited effort by the alliance to combat the smuggling of migrants in the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece.
The confusion and division are emblematic of NATO’s inability so far to deal comprehensively with threats washing up on its southern tier: terrorism, radical Islam, anarchy in North Africa and uncontrolled migration.
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