Moderator for this event was John Glasen, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato. The meeting was held at Cato, October 18, 2019, Washington, DC. Commenting on the book was Professor Rajas Menon of City College of New York.
What appeared evident as the book was taken up in discussion, was the resiliency of this 'dinosaur.' Originally it was conceived to bolster military support for the entire of Europe as delineated up through the eastern edge of Germany. Then it included Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and even Poland. Now, because it has provided support to Ukraine, it goes to the very border of Russia. This latter feature is a violation of Russia's implicit sphere of influence in the area, pointed out the author, Mr. Carpenter of Cato.
What does NATO do that specific nations of Europe can't do on their own, anyway? someone asked. Be it noted, that the United States is the command control nation of what NATO does, irrespective of Trump's insistence that the nations in NATO must meet their fair share of costs incurred in maintaining the organization, commentator Menon noted.
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Personal reaction: The presence of NATO throughout Europe and up to Russia's territory, provides the countries formerly subservient to the USSR to declare 'NO' to Russian domination in European and Central European affairs! And continue their self-determined independence they declared in 1991!
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