The United States is pushing NATO to "inflate" and Europe's security is deteriorating. Vilnius | NATO | United States

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 02:04 AM

The NATO summit will be held in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius next week. Due to NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg's statement in an interview in January this year that the NATO July summit will set new defense spending targets, some analysts have pointed out that further increasing military spending targets will be one of the main topics of NATO's summit.

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According to Russian media reports on the 3rd, it is expected that the defense spending of NATO member countries will reach 1.3 trillion US dollars in 2023, and among all member countries, the United States undoubtedly ranks first in military spending.

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The United States is pushing NATO to "inflate" and Europe's security is deteriorating. Vilnius | NATO | United States

Chen Yu, Assistant Director of the Eurasian Institute of the China Academy of Modern International Relations, analyzed in an interview with China Central Television's Global Information Radio that in the context of the Ukraine crisis, the United States not only continues to increase military spending, but also promotes other NATO member countries to increase military spending. Behind this is the United States' "calculation" and "business":

During Trump's presidency, the United States vigorously promoted NATO allies in Europe to increase military spending, but there were few who responded.

After the Ukrainian crisis, some European allies began to loosen up and were willing to increase military spending. For the United States, this not only reduces its economic investment burden on European defense, but also allows its military interest groups to profit from conflicts.

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The United States is pushing NATO to "inflate" and Europe's security is deteriorating. Vilnius | NATO | United States

The summit in July will be the first summit since Finland's accession to NATO and the recent expansion of NATO. The attending parties will continue to discuss Sweden's accession to NATO. Regarding this, Chen Yu pointed out that the pace of NATO's expansion is constantly "accelerating", which is causing significant adjustments to the security landscape of the entire Europe:

Before the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO once lost its direction of development. French President Macron once made a famous statement - NATO has "brain dead".

After the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO was reactivated. NATO first absorbed Finland, and then Sweden is expected to join in the near future. Both countries have abandoned their century old tradition of neutrality. At the same time, NATO broke the tradition of not having troops stationed in Eastern Europe and began deploying permanent military forces in the region.

The overall security landscape in Europe has undergone significant adjustments. In the past, there was still a certain buffer zone between Russia and NATO, but now the border between Finland and Russia has become the border between NATO and Russia. NATO's increased military deployment in Eastern Europe has also led to Russia's increased military deployment in the western region, including the deployment of nuclear forces in Belarus.


The United States is pushing NATO to "inflate" and Europe's security is deteriorating. Vilnius | NATO | United States

These adjustments will create a clear divide in European security. Previously, both sides had established some mechanisms to manage the risk of conflict during their years of interaction, but now, Russia and NATO not only lack such mechanisms, but also basic mutual trust, which is very dangerous.

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The United States is pushing NATO to "inflate" and Europe's security is deteriorating. Vilnius | NATO | United States

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