Nato’s long drift towards irrelevance By Philip Stephens

When institutions struggle to explain themselves it seems a reasonable bet they have outlived their purpose. Nato styles itself the world’s most successful defensive alliance. It has spent a year rethinking its mission statement. A rhetorical recasting of its ambitions is not enough to assure its future More at .http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bd18646-c744-11df-aeb1-00144feab49a.html

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