The US Contribution to the Security of NATO’s Eastern Flank: From the Madrid Summit to Vilnius
The US Contribution to the Security of NATO’s Eastern Flank: From the Madrid Summit to Vilnius

Summary/Abstract: The United States is the leading member of NATO, with the greatest defense budget, the greatest military power, and the greatest willingness to use it. Its contribution to the security of NATO’s eastern flank is paramount; without it, military anemia could threaten the eastern flank. Much of the multidimensional US contribution – its intra-alliance diplomacy – will remain inevitably hidden behind diplomatic secrecy and closed doors, only to be revealed in later decades. This leaves the direct deployment of US military capabilities as the most apparent, even if not necessarily the most important, US contribution to the security and defense of NATO’s eastern flank.

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