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America Must Ask More of Its NATO Allies


John R. Deni
Security, Europe

Conditionality creates the very instability that the NATO treaty was designed to eliminate in the first place, ultimately undermining U.S. security and economic well-being.

The president’s 2019 budget proposes a 30 percent increase—to $6.5 billion—for the European Deterrence Initiative, a program that pays for deployments of U.S. military units in Europe, exercises, and training events, and other initiatives designed to deter Russia and reassure allies. As part of the bargain with those allies, however, Washington is insisting that they show the same level of commitment.
Cajoling allies into more equitable burden-sharing—something every U.S. administration has attempted since the …read more

Source: The National Interest

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