Daniel Kochis
Politics, Europe
NATO, not the EU, guarantees European security.
Will Britain’s vote to leave the European Union be a boon for Putin’s Russia? This claim was often repeated during the run-up to the vote and trotted out again in the aftermath of Thursday’s referendum. But it deserves a skeptical eye.
First and foremost, it is NATO and U.S. forces on the ground in Europe that forged peace and continue to guarantee security, not the EU. Neither NATO nor the U.S. in Europe are going anywhere anytime soon.
Yet we’re told that Putin will now run roughshod over Europe following Brexit. This is …read more
Source: The National Interest
