Deterrence Assurance: Why NATO Needs a Plan for the Indo-Pacific Region

May 29, 2021 Topic: NATO Region: Eurasia Tags: NATOAlliesIndo-Pacific RegionChinaTrade

Deterrence Assurance: Why NATO Needs a Plan for the Indo-Pacific Region

The alliance needs to come to grips with the reality that there are now two major contested theaters—one in the Indo-Pacific region as well as Europe.

 

Franklin D. Kramer is a distinguished fellow and on the board at the Atlantic Council and a former assistant secretary of defense.  He is the author of the forthcoming “Transformative Priorities for National Defense” to be published by the Atlantic Council. 

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