U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will visit Europe this week to urge NATO allies to adapt to a new kind of threat from Russia in the east and Islamic State to the south.
He is to meet with officials in Germany, Estonia and Belgium to encourage allied ministers to better work together in countering threats facing Europe.
U.S. officials say he will urge NATO to “dispose of the Cold War playbook” following the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea and its military support for Ukrainian separatists.
At a NATO meeting, defense ministers will discuss plans to increase alliance involvement in the fight against Islamic State …read more
Source: Voice of America
