The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. Since its founding in 1949, NATO has helped unify Western democracies in ways that go far beyond military partnership. In doing so, it has held at bay the expansionist dictatorships of the old Soviet Union and the Russian Federation despite their aggressively imperialist foreign policy.
For 77 years, Russia’s leaders have dreamed of dividing NATO. Even now, Vladimir Putin is leading a hybrid war against NATO that shows no signs of letting up. Unfortunately for Putin, because of his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, NATO has dramatically grown in size and strength. NATO dwarfs Russia militarily and economically, and Putin knows it.
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