Katelyn Fossett, Politico: Is NATO Doomed?
The former NATO second-in-command updates his fictionalized account of a war with Russia—and worries the transatlantic alliance could be gone in as little as five years.
After retiring from NATO as its second highest military official in 2014, Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff penned the ultimate war game: A 500-page fictionalized account of a war between Russia and NATO, titled, simply, War With Russia. The book, in the style of anti-appeasement tracts before World War II, is a plot-propelled warning about the dangers of Western acquiescence complete with romances, a Russian president with a “pale, bloodless face” (known only as Vladimir Vladimirovich) and a group of bumbling, self-interested NATO ambassadors that can’t ever seem to agree on a course of action soon enough.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 21, 2016
Germany's Nightmare, Merkel's Nightmare -- Severin Weiland and Philipp Wittrock, Spiegel Online
An attack on German stability -- Volker Wagener, DW
Germany is facing a ticking time bomb of rage -- Ed West, Spectator
A Timeline of Recent Terrorist Attacks in Europe -- Nash Jenkins, Time
Why the Russian Ambassador Became a Target -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Will Putin Use His Ambassador’s Assassination to Gain a Political Edge? -- Roy Gutman and Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
With an eye on China, India steams ahead in the battle for naval supremacy in the Indian Ocean -- Manu Balachandran, Quartz
China’s Anschluss in the South China Sea -- Arthur Herman, NRO
US Basically Admits What Everyone Already Knew About The Afghan War -- Saagar Enjeti, Daily Caller
Why Venezuela Should Default -- Joe Kogan, NYT
Oil and the Arctic: what is at stake -- AFP
The Future of U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation -- Antonio Garza and Stephanie Leutert, Cipher Brief
Trump Inherits ‘The Good War’ -- Emran Feroz, Defense One
The Trump Doctrine: A Work in Progress -- Reva Goujon, Stratfor
Yes, 2016 was bad. Next year could be worse -- Peter Apps, Reuters
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