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Sumantra Maitra asks: Why can't we have a dormant NATO?
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Sumantra Maitra asks: Why can't we have a dormant NATO?

The Ukraine War has exposed a lot when it comes to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — otherwise known as NATO. Aside from the "renewed mission" and "unity" that has emerged to help Ukraine confront the Russian invasion, there are downsides. NATO has a limited capacity of weapons stores and manpower and the US is taking on a disproportionate share of the leadership and resource sharing. Dr. Maitra Sumantra, a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America, says it's past time for Americans to rethink further expansion and scaling back the US dominance of this organization. We talk about where the support exists for this kind of dramatic shift, and how resistant the political establishment here and in European capitals would be toward such change.

In the first segment, Kelley and Dan talk about the new UN-approved, Kenyan-led security mission in Haiti.

More from Sumantra Maitra:

Europe’s Revealed Preferences, The American Conservative, 10/423 

Britain's Military Enlightenment, The American Conservative, 8/14/23

Pivoting the U.S. Away from Europe to a Dormant NATO, Center for Renewing America, 2/16/23

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