The disastrous decision to expand NATO eastwards, and to try to include Ukraine in it, always created the strategic risk of a general war in Europe. NATO’s current actions are turning that strategic threat into a short-term one.
The common framework of both the U.S. and European leaders is a reactionary division of labour in which Europe will undertake a large scale military build up in order to strategically create conditions for the U.S. to devote less of its military resources to Europe and more to its attempt to confront China.
As Europe approaches NATO’s 24–26 June summit in The Hague, its 750 million people face a decisive strategic choice that will affect their lives for years to come – and one with far wider global impact.
The governments of the Global North are overwhelmingly willing to be subordinated to the US, even at the risk of a major war and sharply reduced living standards.
Rising militarisation is against the interests of Europe.
Decoupling from China would be disastrous.
Europe should embrace global cooperation, not confrontation.
NATO’s eastward expansion is the cause of the crisis around Ukraine.
Statement by No Cold War
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