"We need a concrete plan for how the alliance responds." Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius says that NATO is now trying to resolve it "politically." #Navo #RussischeProvocaties #EuropeseVeiligheid (translated)
NATO now always reacts ad hoc and does not see the series of aggressive actions in context, says Dutch Brigadier General and military jurist Paul Ducheine. #Navo #RussischeProvocaties #EuropeseVeiligheid (translated)
"But NATO does not have a menu." When the EU recently announced it was working on its own variant of Article 4 of NATO, the American expert Ivo Daalder called it "the wrong answer to the right problem." #Navo #RussischeProvocaties #EuropeseVeiligheid (translated)
Julianne Smith, who was the U.S. ambassador to NATO from 2021 to 2024, also sees a gap in the response to the increasingly aggressive Russian attacks. #Navo #RussischeProvocaties #EuropeseVeiligheid (translated)
So far, the motto of NATO chief Mark Rutte is 'keep calm and carry on': do not let yourself be provoked, be better prepared, strengthen your defense, and increase support for Ukraine. #Navo #RussischeProvocaties #EuropeseVeiligheid (translated)
NATO struggles with an appropriate response to the increasing Russian provocations, while member states push for a better-coordinated defensive strategy that goes beyond the existing protocols of Article 4 and 5 of the NATO treaty. #Navo #RussischeProvocaties #EuropeseVeiligheid (translated)
