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NATO burden-sharing. Michael O'Hanlon explains that stationing U.S. troops in Europe is far less costly than President Trump implies when he pushes European allies to spend more on their common defense. Separately, Jeremy Shapiro argues that Trump's demand that NATO allies increase their defense budgets is a roundabout attempt to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with Europe.
NATO and democracy. While NATO faces significant security challenges around the world, Norman Eisen and James Kirchick argue that the alliance must also address threats to democracy among its own members. Meanwhile, Jonathan Katz and Torrey Taussig highlight three security-related reasons why combating democratic backsliding should be a priority for the alliance.
What Trump gets wrong. Constanze Stelzenmüller writes that although some of President Trump's criticisms of NATO and Europe are correct, he is wrong in his contempt for representative democracy, open societies, and a rules-based international order, and his admiration for autocrats and dictators.
The growing divide in the alliance. Trump's consistent berating of NATO allies may indeed spur higher defense spending, but the "America First" outlook is sacrificing U.S. influence and power in the long run, writes Will Moreland.
Future NATO summits. Pointing to the “unnecessary drama” around this week’s NATO meeting, Derek Chollet and Amanda Sloat argue that the alliance may be better served by leaving the work to the foreign and defense ministers, who already each meet three times a year.
A new framework for European security. In his recent book, "Beyond NATO," Michael O'Hanlon proposes an alternative security architecture for Eastern Europe without further NATO expansion.
Trump, Putin, and Crimea. Steven Pifer writes that, at their upcoming meeting, President Trump should resist a potential attempt by Vladimir Putin to gain U.S. recognition of Russia's annexation of Crimea.
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