NATO’s Unsung Virtues
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established to meet the security threat posed by the Soviet Union. Often overlooked, though, are the ways in which it has provided the material and behavioral grounds for the larger liberal order in Europe to emerge.
Given the multilateral character of the alliance and the sometimes uneven US leadership, NATO has actually proved relatively adept at meeting changes in the security environment.
Security “free-riding” by allies is a perennial problem. But US global leadership has been minimally constrained by alliance partners because American power has been seen as indispensable to European peace and stability.
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Πηγή: American Enterprise Institute
