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NATO Takes Steps in Response to the "Arc of Insecurity and Instability"

Moving ahead with what President Barack Obama calls the “most significant reinforcement of our collective defense [at] any time since the Cold War,’’ NATO allies approved over the weekend upgrading and expanding their air, land, sea, and cyber capabilities to face unprecedented challenges coming from all directions — including from within.

Brexit dropped a bomb on Europe last month, and NATO did not escape unscathed. Though NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had optimistically declared that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) may actually be a boon to NATO —Britain’s departure removes any notion of the EU having a competitive defense capacity, and London will be looking to NATO as a more important platform for its European engagement — it’s not the outcome any European leader wanted, and it hung heavy over the summit.  British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond was reported as saying there had been virtually no other subject discussed any time he sat down at a table with his counterparts.

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