The Atlantic Alliance must respond to Russia’s new strategic posture – but large, fixed deployments may not be the answerThere is now a fundamental divergence in world views between the NATO powers and Russia. The West sees Russia as being on the strategic offensive – in the process,challenging a European rules-based order where small states can decide their own fates – investing heavily in military power and increasingly willing to use force to get its way. Security relations between the West and Russia are still a mix of competitive and co-operative elements. Co-operation has recently been evident in relation to …read more