On Wednesday, during the meeting of foreign ministers of NATO member states in Brussels, the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, proposed a EUR 100 billion, five-year aid plan dedicated to providing military assistance for Ukraine. But while Poland backed the proposal, it drew mixed responses from other states. To know more on the subject, TVP World invited Mark Toth, a national security and foreign policy expert.
Toth remarked that he believes that Stoltenberg is at the present trying to build a consensus within the alliance on the subject of Ukraine. “ It’s more about building consensus right now in Brussels,” he said, emphasizing that the members “need to speed that up,” because Russia has started to attain significant “psychological” gains in the war.
In the midst of this, “NATO needs to up its game and it needs to be sending messages back to Putin that this is not gonna happen. We are not going to allow you to come out of Ukraine with a win,” Toth stressed.
He said he found it particularly encouraging that Stoltenberg put emphasis on coordinating the delivery of ammunition to Ukraine, which he said is essential, if Kyiv is to confront Russia successfully.
Toth also praised Stoltenberg’s recognition of the threat posed to the Western world by the nexus of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
“Stoltenberg is recognizing this nexus that exists between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, and realizing that NATO now has a broader global role to play in this push-back against this ideological war that all four of those nations are currently in against the U.S. and its western allies,” he said.
NATO needs to evolve its role
Toth said in order to confront these possible global threats, NATO must also take on a more global role.
“NATO, as a combined entity, needs to find a new path forward. It clearly now can’t just be looking to Europe but has to be looking globally because the threats that affect Europe now simply aren’t simply coming from Europe or Russia but from all angles,” he said, clarifying that not all these threats are of a military nature, some are economical.
“NATO is needed now more than ever…But now, we are into this new age, this dystopian ideological war, it [NATO- TVP World] now needs to take on a new evolved role, and it is a global one,” he emphasized.
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In the midst of this, “NATO needs to up its game and it needs to be sending messages back to Putin that this is not gonna happen. We are not going to allow you to come out of Ukraine with a win,” Toth stressed.
He said he found it particularly encouraging that Stoltenberg put emphasis on coordinating the delivery of ammunition to Ukraine, which he said is essential, if Kyiv is to confront Russia successfully.
Toth also praised Stoltenberg’s recognition of the threat posed to the Western world by the nexus of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
“Stoltenberg is recognizing this nexus that exists between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, and realizing that NATO now has a broader global role to play in this push-back against this ideological war that all four of those nations are currently in against the U.S. and its western allies,” he said.
NATO needs to evolve its role
Toth said in order to confront these possible global threats, NATO must also take on a more global role.
“NATO, as a combined entity, needs to find a new path forward. It clearly now can’t just be looking to Europe but has to be looking globally because the threats that affect Europe now simply aren’t simply coming from Europe or Russia but from all angles,” he said, clarifying that not all these threats are of a military nature, some are economical.
“NATO is needed now more than ever…But now, we are into this new age, this dystopian ideological war, it [NATO- TVP World] now needs to take on a new evolved role, and it is a global one,” he emphasized.
Watch the full interview.
Source: TVP World
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