US President Donald Trump would not have to pull out of NATO to break it up, APA reports citing Newsweek.
According to the magazine, "the White House does, in fact, have many options, if it wishes to undermine the alliance."
"The informal process would be even easier," said David Blagden, associate professor of international security and strategy at the UK’s University of Exeter, told Newsweek. According to him, a whisper from the Trump administration that the US would not fulfill its commitment to Article Five and much of NATO's credibility would be "effectively dead."
"Already, that trust that was the heart of the relationship has begun to erode," added Neil Melvin, director of international security at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank. "It's less, I think, about formal process of leaving the alliance," Melvin told Newsweek, "and more the doubt that begins to creep in about whether the US is really going to be there."
Source: en.apa.az
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