Brexit Doesn’t Mean NATO Can Stop Worrying About Russia
A NATO summit in Warsaw will see the approval of new Baltic troop deployments in an effort to reassure allies.
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Just two weeks after Britain voted to abandon the European Union, shaking confidence in one pillar of the transatlantic alliance, leaders from the members of North Atlantic Treaty Organization gather Friday for a show of unity in the face of a resurgent Russia.
At the two-day meeting in Warsaw, NATO will announce troop deployments to reassure its easternmost members that it’s committed to defend them. What the summit won’t do is reduce the threat of conflict with Russia, according to military analysts and former diplomats. That’s because the alliance’s moves will do too little to deter a potential assault by Russia, but too much for Russia to be appeased, these people said.