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Stoltenberg would not discuss specifics, but said he hoped to have the new efforts approved in time for a July summit of #NATO ldrs in DC, where ofcls are expected to again debate when #Ukraine might be allowed to join the #military #alliance….
…A… NATO ofcl said that Hungary, where PM Viktor #Orban has maintained warm relations w/ #Russia, opposed the effort to put the #Defense Contact Grp under the alliance’s oversight.
#unreliable #volatile #Trump #Republicans #US #WorldPower #geopolitics
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“There is a need to give this a more robust & institutional framework to ensure #predictability & #commitment for the long haul,” Stoltenberg said. He added: “I strongly believe it’s important that #allies make decisions fast. And that includes, of course, the #UnitedStates.”
#unreliable #volatile #Trump #Republicans #US #leader #WorldPower #control #NATO #alliance #aid #geopolitics
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Under a prop being discussed at the #military #alliance’s HQ, #NATO would oversee the #Ukraine #Defense Contact Grp, currently led by the #UnitedStates, that coordinates the donation & delivery of weapons to the battlefield.…
“A stronger NATO role in coordinating & providing support is the way to end this #war in a way where Ukraine prevails,” SecGen Stoltenberg said on Wed.
#unreliable #volatile #Trump #Republicans #US #leader #WorldPower #control #allies #aid #geopolitics
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#UnitedStates is losing status as a #leader & #WorldPower due to #Trump & #Republicans
With continued American #aid to #Ukraine stalled & against the looming prospect of a 2nd Trump presidency, #NATO ofcls are looking to take more #control of directing #military support from Ukraine’s allies — a role that the #US has played for the past 2 yrs.
#geopolitics #alliance #allies #unreliable #volatile
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/nato-ukraine-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
They see an #American #PoliticalSystem lurching down the path of #dysfunction & a #legislature increasingly dominated by #politicians uninterested in actual #governance or #democratic deliberation. And they see the asymmetry of what’s in motion — where the #Republican Party, beholden to fmr president #Trump & a #FarRight Trumpist base, is the principal vehicle for the #destabilizing forces coursing through the American body politic.