Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What is the future of NATO?
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NATO will be dismantled

This position holds that NATO will eventually be dismantled, no longer serving a real purpose. It argues that the alliance is too expensive, that it belongs to the Cold War era that produced it, and that the EU is poised to take a greater role in European defence and security.

Supporting arguments · 3

  1. NATO is too expensive
    Some NATO members refuse to pay their fair share of defence costs, forcing other members to shoulder the increasing cost of collective security. This tension over spending will inevitably lead to the alliance's collapse.
  2. The EU will take a greater role in defence and security
    The prospect of an EU army and a greater role for the EU in defence has long been floated. As tensions rise over the cost of NATO and the interests of the USA and Europe diverge, the EU will supplant NATO as the central guarantor of European security.
  3. NATO belongs in the Cold War era.
    NATO was set up over seventy years ago to deal with a threat that no longer exists today.