NATO, the EU, and Global Security: A New Role for Europe
Journal: Transatlantic Policy Quarterly
Year: 2023

The world desperately requires mediators and peace-makers that can help prevent the New Cold Wars and the war in Ukraine from becoming all-out global wars that imperil the planet. Unfortunately, NATO, as Europe’s main global military force allied with the U.S., has long allowed itself to become an instrument of U.S. hegemonic policy, at a time when we need Europe to help reduce hegemonic aspirations of all the Great Powers, including the U.S., China and Russia. I argue here that Europe must crys