Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer was interviewed by L’Express’s defense correspondent to discuss the future of the European security and the role of NATO under Trump’s administration. She explained that Trump’s positions toward Brexit and his stances on NATO “divide and weaken the credibility of the Alliance. […] All of this encourages Vladimir Putin to continue to test Europeans and NATO cohesion”.
While NATO has never been more active since the Crimea’s annexation by Moscow in 2004, Donald Trump called the Alliance obsolete, as incapable to deal with terrorism. As Dr. Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer noticed in her interview, Trump’s pro-Brexit declarations …read more