Nato countries have been blindsided by the new challenges in a world that gets more difficult by the dayPity poor Nato, faced with challenges which the great military and political apparatus it created during the cold war is so ill suited to counter. In the Middle East, the rise of a new jihadist movement burst upon the western nations who had once aspired to democratically reshape the region like a thunder storm. We barely know how to cope with the resulting torrent of change or the brutalities which accompany it. In Ukraine, Nato countries see a former partner becoming an …read more
Source: The Guardian
