Encircling Russia, Targeting China – NATO’S True Role in US Grand Strategy
Encircling Russia, Targeting China NATO’S True Role in US Grand Strategy On November 19 and 20, NATO leaders meet in Lisbon for what is billed as a summit on « NATO’s Strategic Concept ». Among topics of discussion will be an array of scary « threats », from cyberwar to climate change, as well as nice protective things like nuclear weapons and a high tech Maginot Line boondoggle supposed to stop enemy missiles in mid-air. The NATO leaders will be unable to avoid talking about the war in Afghanistan, that endless crusade that unites the civilized world against the elusive Old Man of the Mountain, Hassan i Sabah, eleventh…