After 14 years of fighting against Al Qaida, the Taliban and now ISIL, while increasingly focusing on Asia Pacific, the United States is waking up to the reality that Europe, once considered an island of peace and stability, is in trouble.
Europe is buffeted by three powerful gales: the deteriorating security situation along NATO’s southern and northeastern flanks; the continued economic fallout from the euro crisis and the institutional failure to deal with the waves of migrants arriving on Europe’s shores from the Middle East and Northern Africa.
At the same time, traditional assumptions about NATO’s ability to bridge internal differences are …read more
Source: European Voice
