With the new threats posed by Isis and Russia, the agenda at this week’s Nato summit is full to burstingThe last time the UK hosted a Nato summit was in 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, the cold war was coming to an end, and the alliance was questioning its relevance in a multipolar world where soft power might count more than hard power. The old chestnut about Nato’s purpose voiced by the first Nato secretary general, Lord Ismay “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in” looked hopelessly anachronistic. Russia famously had become a country with …read more
Source: The Guardian
