{"id":1026,"date":"1997-10-01T21:58:06","date_gmt":"1997-10-01T21:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2022-01-28T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T20:27:04","slug":"americas-new-deal-with-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/americas-new-deal-with-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s New Deal With Europe:  NATO Primacy and Double Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><span class=\"varPubSum\">by Carl Conetta, October 1997. \u27aa <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Americas-New-Deal-with-Europe-971001.pdf\"> PDF <\/a> \u27aa <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/Americas-New-Deal-with-Europe-971001.html\"> HTML<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"pubPostType\">Including analysis relevant to the 2022 Ukraine crisis, this article addresses NATO expansion, burdensharing, the Balkans crisis, and relations with Russia and Germany. The American debate and public opinion regarding NATO enlargement is reviewed as well.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2261<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Progress of NATO, 1949-2020<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23631 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg_-500x382.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg_-500x382.png 500w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg_-250x191.png 250w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg_-106x81.png 106w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg_.png 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Carl Conetta, October 1997. \u27aa PDF \u27aa HTML Including analysis relevant to the 2022 Ukraine crisis, this article addresses NATO expansion, burdensharing, the Balkans crisis, and relations with Russia and Germany. 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