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BY JAMES DOBBINS French President Emmanuel Macron recently declared that “we are experiencing the brain death of NATO.” He made this remark in support of longstanding French policy favoring a more united Europe less dependent for its security on American leadership and protection. Macron’s remarks have led to predictable pushback from NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and a good deal of editorial comment to the effect that the Western alliance, if not yet moribund is certainly ailing. Macron’s comment was provoked by President Trump’s Oct. 6 decision, since substantially modified, to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria forthwith. The move was intended […]
BY JAMES DOBBINS
French President Emmanuel Macron recently declared that “we are experiencing the brain death of NATO.” He made this remark in support of longstanding French policy favoring a more united Europe less dependent for its security on American leadership and protection.
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