NATO: Allies’ Security Myth
TRANSCEND MEMBERS, 20 Apr 2026
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | Transnational Foundation - TRANSCEND Media Service
“Global Developments Highlight the Fundamental Reality That the Transatlantic Alliance Is Not Making Europe Safer “
17 Apr 2026 – Danish-Chinese professor Li Xing – who has been at Aalborg University, Denmark, for many years, but is now in China and is also a new TFF Associate – and I have just published this Europe article in the prestigious China Daily.
Towards the end, we also say a few things about what the EU ought to do now to navigate more intelligently in the future…
“Global developments highlight the fundamental reality that the transatlantic alliance is not making Europe safer“
In an international order long dominated by Western powers, particularly since the end of the Cold War, concepts of “ally” and “alliance”, exemplified by NATO, have functioned as instruments of collective security while simultaneously evolving into mechanisms of geopolitical power. This transformation has been associated with interventionist practices that contest state sovereignty under international law, including the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia, the Iraq War and NATO’s eastward enlargement. In particular, NATO’s eastward enlargement altered Europe’s strategic balance by intensifying Russia’s security concerns. Rather than consolidating a stable post-Cold War order, the alliance has perpetuated structural antagonism, contributing to protracted security tensions that ultimately culminated in the Ukraine crisis.
Ironically, these consequences are now visible within the alliance itself…”
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Tags: Europe, European Union, NATO, USA
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