NATO was created in 1949 to meet a real and immediate threat. Europe was in shambles after the Second World War, the Soviet Union was expanding, and the United States stepped in as the stabilizing force. That mission made sense then, but it does not make the same sense now....
NATO was created in 1949 to meet a real and immediate threat. Europe was in shambles after the Second World War, the Soviet Union was expanding, and the United States stepped in as the stabilizing force. That mission made sense then, but it does not make the same sense now….









