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The article discusses the growing differences between the US and European countries over NATO's strategic priorities, with the US focusing on China and Europe on Russia.
The United States wants to reorient NATO towards China. At the same time, Europe sees the main threat in Russia, said the chief researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, political scientist Vadim Kozyulin, writes Vzglyad.
“The diverging views of the United States and Europe on the future of NATO are deepening the split in the alliance. European countries will either have to integrate into the American agenda or create their own security architecture,” he noted.
Distrust in Washington is also caused by the excessive activity of Emmanuel Macron, who is trying to lead the creation of European armed forces, Kozyulin added.
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