Joe Biden. Archival photoMOSCOW, 24 Jul. The North Atlantic Alliance is an expensive and old-fashioned alliance that is unable to respond to modern challenges, says Justin Logan, a columnist for the American magazine Foreign Policy. In his opinion, the bloc, the purpose of which was to confront the USSR during the Cold War, has become obsolete. on a pandemic or the fight against piracy. She has neither the ability, nor the authority, nor the suitability for these purposes. For these reasons, supporters of the alliance should probably think about a plan B, and not advertise the bloc as a panacea for all problems, «the columnist believes .Besides, he noted, the alliance is no longer affordable for Washington.
"Resource constraints are starting to bite. The defense budget, already inflated to $847 billion, will not rise to $1 trillion or more anytime soon. US attempts to play a leading role on the European security scene are a luxury that Washington can no longer afford" jpg» />Putin has a problem: the West has run out of rivals At the end of last year, Russia published draft agreements with the US and NATO on security guarantees. Among Moscow's demands were the refusal to further expand the alliance to the east, to join Ukraine to it and to establish military bases in post-Soviet countries. In addition, it was about the non-deployment of strike weapons near the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. The United States and its allies rejected the Russian proposals. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the President, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia itself. Putin to Tehran