This may be a sign of things to come: Russian presidential spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov has agreed with US President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that NATO is “obsolete”.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was set up at the height of the Cold War to counter the threat to Europe from the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Since the fall of the USSR, however, it has become more of a symbol, as warfare has moved from the conventional battleground and tactics to the cybersphere and insurgencies. NATO did play a pivotal role in the Bosnia and Kosovo conflicts, as well as in Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9-11.
Donald Trump, while on the campaign trail, stated that NATO would have to pay more for American military support and has not pulled any punches when discussing the value of the organization as a suitable deterrent.
Trump’s words, however, seem to be at odds with current US military strategy as the outgoing Obama government recently sent troops and US military hardware to Poland to ostensibly bolster NATO forces there, in case of Russian aggression in the Baltics.
