The War in Ukraine Is Remaking the NATO Alliance
.By Andrew A. MichtaApril 04, 2022
The War in Ukraine Is Remaking the NATO AllianceU.S. Army Photo by SGT Garrett Ty Whitfield
Poland Is Showing NATO What Must Be Done – President Joe Biden’s visit to Poland on March 25, coming immediately after NATO and G-7 summits in Brussels, has sent an unmistakable message that the United States is re-thinking the core principles of its increasingly Asia-centric strategy of the past decade.
The visit, and especially the President’s speech delivered at the Royal Castle in Warsaw the next day, has recommitted the United States to Europe and NATO, asserting firmly that the Article V of the Washington Treaty remains a “sacred obligation,” and that America and its allies will defend “each and every inch of NATO territory with the full force of our collective power.”
Changes to U.S. force posture in Europe, with additional deployments of troops and equipment along NATO’s Eastern frontier to enhance U.S. capabilities, have given substance to the President’s pronouncements. Most importantly, at the urging of the United States but also through deliberate decisions by European governments, NATO has begun the process of refocusing on its core business of collective defense, putting behind its meandering “out-of-area” post-Cold War mandate.
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