The Unflagging U.S. Commitment to NATO

Recent commentary in the U.S. presidential election campaign on Washington’s commitment to the North Atlantic alliance has largely been a waste of time and effort. The United States and its allies face many important issues as they attempt to navigate challenges to transatlantic security and assess how NATO can best serve common interests. However, the facile debate over whether alliance membership and its responsibilities remain in U.S. interests has superseded more serious discussion of the alliance and its future.

The presidential campaign notwithstanding, there has been and remains a broad bipartisan consensus in the United States over the importance of NATO. In fact, the alliance is so important to U.S. interests that even if the allies contributed less to common defense, it would be difficult to argue against U.S. membership.

ESO: Background information: Perspectives on transatlantic cooperation: Security and defence - Achieving efficiency and resilience http://www.europeansources.info/record/perspectives-on-transatlantic-cooperation-security-and-defence-achieving-efficiency-and-resilience/

ESO: Background information: US Election Note: Defence Policy After 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/us-election-note-defence-policy-after-2016/

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