Five Lessons NATO Must Learn
Kurt Volker, former US ambassador to NATO | August 1, 2011
The wars in Afghanistan and Libya have exposed severe deficiencies in NATO and revealed five lessons the US and Europe must heed to preserve the Alliance. ++ Partners on both sides of the Atlantic should take ownership of NATO. Europe should reconsider its crippling defense budget cuts, while the US must stop trying to "lead from behind". ++ Both sides also need to foster transatlantic solidarity, which has eroded in recent years, and finally establish a vision for NATO that the "publics will back with resources and political will".
