“Re-Anchoring NATO: The US Needs to Boost Bilateral Relationships in Europe - And it should start by focusing on the “strategic triad” of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.

It is difficult to give up on the old ways of doing business, for established patterns and routines bring comfort and predictability to everyday interactions, allowing bureaucracies to coast along the lines of pre-existing guidance and leaders to tout minor adjustments as breakthroughs. This truism also applies to how nation states approach national security, how they structure their interactions, and what assumptions politicians and diplomats bring to the table when looking at the international chessboard...”

Excerpt from The American Interest, February 12, 2018.

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