NATO must focus more on challenge of rising China, report to say | Reuters - 0 views
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NATO must think harder about how to handle China and its military rise, though Russia will remain its main adversary during this decade, according to a report to be published on Tuesday on reforming the Atlantic alliance.
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“China is no longer the benign trading partner that the West had hoped for. It is the rising power of our century and NATO must adapt
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Part of NATO’s response should be maintaining a technological advantage over China, protecting computer networks and infrastructure
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China is investing massively in new weapons. It is coming closer to us, from the Arctic to Africa. China does not share our values ... and tries to intimidate other countries
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NATO should consider including China in NATO’s official master strategy document, its “Strategic Concept”
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Even as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ era comes to an end and Europeans welcome the election of an Atlanticist president-elect in Joe Biden, tensions over NATO’s ability to act remain.
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From anger over Turkey’s decision to buy a Russian weapons system to U.S. doubts over Europe’s commitment to its own defence, NATO - founded in 1949 to contain a military threat from the Soviet Union - has also faced calls from Trump to do more in the Middle East.
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However, Eastern European allies, fearful of Russia since Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, are concerned about shifting too many resources away from NATO’s core task of defending Europe.