Trump, Europe, and NATO: Back to the Future

摘要

Donald Trump has fiercely criticized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and thrown the willingness of Europeans to pay for their own defense into question. Some have described these tensions in transatlantic relations as a "crisis." But the current situation is not unprecedented. In its seventy years of existence, NATO has weathered far more severe crises, and has demonstrated remarkable resilience. The North Atlantic Alliance has a bright future ahead of it.