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NATO Targets the ‘3 C’s’: China, Cyberattacks and Climate Change
Biden’s “America Is Back” message was successful, but the entire alliance must address the new challenges.
Allied elbow bump.
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It may seem surprising that the most important summit I attended during my time at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was not in Europe but in Chicago, hosted by President Barack Obama in May 2012.
Downtown was cordoned off, the sirens of motorcades dominated the Windy City, and around the table were the leaders of the (then) 28 nations of the alliance. My job as supreme allied military commander was to brief leaders on NATO’s global operations.