After Almost 70 Years NATO Is In Better Shape than Most People Think

Dan Runde, The Hill: The state of NATO is better than you think

Foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will gather in Washington on April 3 and 4 to celebrate the organization’s 70th anniversary. We should celebrate that NATO has been the most successful alliance of all time, preventing a major great-power war such as World War I and World War II, during which 15 to 20 million and 62 to 78 million people died, respectively.

In the context of NATO’s success, we should review the criticisms of the organization — particularly burden-sharing.

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WNU Editor: I see NATO staying around for another few more decades.