Internal Rift in NATO Conceals Widening Political and Strategic Divisions
By Thobile Jiwulane:
The NATO flag (Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
We know divisions among the Western countries over the Gulf War were always to be expected after the debacle over Canada and Greenland that Donald Trump wants to seize as an extension of the US territory. But the rift over the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is the worst crisis facing the North Atlantic since the post-Cold War era.
The internal rift within NATO, long concealed behind ritual statements about “transatlantic unity,” is becoming increasingly visible. Its causes lie not only in the accumulation of contradictions between the United States and its European allies, but also in the evident crisis of American leadership, particularly against the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s ...
