NATO began in 1949 with 12 members. In 10 rounds of expansion, many of the former Warsaw Pact nations have joined to benefit from Article 5, which pledges that each member nation will defend every other.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization — NATO — began in 1949 with 12 members. In 10 rounds of expansion, many of the former Warsaw Pact nations have joined to benefit from the NATO Treaty’s Article 5, which pledges that each member nation will defend every other.
Those criteria have been violated by the admission of certain members. Montenegro, for example, has — for those who remember “The Mouse That Roared” — the military capabilities of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Mr. Rutte’s reputation is that of a man who can generate consensus, which will be as difficult in NATO as it is in the European Union. He has supported former President Donald Trump’s demand that the NATO members spend more on their own defense.
Obviously, Ukraine cannot become a NATO member while that war goes on. It will probably continue — despite any interim peace agreement — as long as Russian President Vladimir Putin is alive. That doesn’t mean NATO’s expansion should stop entirely. Why shouldn’t Israel, Japan or Australia be members? Each has considerable military capabilities from which NATO would benefit. Each is strategically placed and — in the cases of Australia and Japan — could mean a strategic deterrent to China. In the case of Israel, NATO membership would be a clear deterrent to Iran.
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