NATO expansion is still returning to Europes crossroads to place it again

Ming Pao News Agency

The product of the North Atlantic Convention (NATO) in the Cold War to commemorate the 70th anniversary of its establishment. Due to the dispersion of other member states due to the wanton behavior of US President Trump, coupled with Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau laughed at Trump's accident, two days of meetingEvolution into a diplomatic soap drama.Nevertheless, NATO is still expanding, and its military alliance function still plays a role. The London statement of the conference also named China for the first time, which caused Lenovo: Is Europe following a new cold war with the United States or NATO will return to Europe to autonomy.

At the 70th anniversary of NATO, the host of the host UK held a grand hospitality in Buckingham Palace. Trump was late for 40 minutes. The young Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau accidentally stunned, while Trump described Trudeau's counterattack on both sides.However, Trump also showed a large degree, saying that Trudeau had only actions that had a total of 2%of the total GDP required by his military expenditure that he had not reached NATO's request because he was dissatisfied.Military expenditures have become the focus of contradiction between the United States and other members of NATO.

French President although it is called brain dead

NATO is still expanding

There are 29 member states in NATO, with a total expenditure of 987 billion U.S. dollars this year. The United States undertakes nearly 70%of them. Trump has expressed extremely dissatisfaction on this.The Summit decided that European member states' sharing expenditure each year increased by 130 billion US dollars, an increase of $ 400 billion by 2024.At present, there are only 7 NATO members who have reached the standards of military expenditures. France, Germany and Canada with strong economic strength. Military expenses account for only 1.84%, 1.36%, and 1.27%.In countries with a proportion of military expenses less than 1%, they are Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg. It is believed that it is unrealistic to increase the proportion of these countries to 2%.In the visible future, the contradiction of the proportion of funds will not disappear. Trump once said that if the goal cannot be achieved, the United States will withdraw from NATO, which is also unrealistic.

The proportion of military expenditures is not the biggest controversy. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of NATO in France, French President Macron publicly stated that NATO had died brain. He believed that the United States had not put the real security threat to Europe in the first place.EssenceIn addition to Russia, the security threats faced by Europe have a large number of terrorist activities that have a large number of refugees poured into and exacerbated. The United States is the initiator of this problem; another member of Turkey, from NATO's number one enemy Russia to buy missile defense defenseThe system also makes NATO's enemy -friendly lines gradually blurred; at least it is not as clear as that of the past.

The contradictions between the United States and other members of NATO, and between member states, but from this London statement, NATO not only will not disintegrate, but also has further expansion.Established in 1949, NATO was the Cold War product that was threatened by the Soviet Union at the time. The Alliance Oath stipulated that when a member state was attacked, it was equivalent to the entire NATO.Now that the Soviet Union has disappeared, the common enemy has become Russia. Russia not only deployed to a new medium -range missile in Europe, but also swallowed Crimea 5 years ago. NATO determined that Russia had a continuous threat to it.London stated that as long as nuclear weapons exist for one day, NATO will also strengthen defense capabilities with nuclear weapons, conventional weapons and missiles.The military alliance is the core of NATO. The function of joint guarding the border is the fundamental element of NATO.U.S. President Trump was accused of collusion with Russia during the campaign, and the United States lost the moral height of NATO leadership.

NATO has been expanding, not only expanding geographically, but also expanding in the scope of defense.Among the 29 member states, 13 are Central and Eastern European countries with the scope of the former Soviet Union, and North Malaysia, which is about to join, is the Bargan Peninsula country of the European gunpowder.In addition to absorbing the original enemy camps, NATO's expansion also extended the scope of action to countries outside Europe, sending soldiers to Afghanistan and Iraq to train the local army, which has broken through the original intention of NATO.

NATO statement first refers to China

Called opportunities and challenges coexist

London stated that there were two attractive points. One was about cyber attacks, and the other was an attitude towards China.The statement said that NATO will increase its strength to respond to cyber attacks and strengthen the network capabilities for the purpose of weakening NATO security and society.

London stated that China and NATO talked about China for the first time. We acknowledged that China's influence continued to increase. The opportunities and challenges shown by China's international policies needed to face them together.This statement is not stubborn, and it does not have a clear meaning. However, the opening of this passage is to say that it is necessary to maintain safety. NATO must face the future. Then it talks about the security system, including 5G technology, and the networkAfter the attack problem, after these two problems, it is obvious that China is one of the sources of potential risks for NATO.

Where is NATO, it is a question considered by countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of NATO, the organization of the organization's first secretary -general of the organization, Isam in 1952, to NATO, and he said that NATO was to include the Soviet Union out of the door and the United States.Germany maintains weakness.Nowadays, there is no clear line with Russia's enemy -friendly line. If the United States is leaving in Europe, Germany is already the most powerful country in European politics and economy. Whether NATO is far from the United States and returns to Europe. It remains to be observed whether it continues to expand or return to the truth.