NATO is right back in its element. As tensions mount with Russia the world’s biggest military organization is focused on security: defending the territory of its 30 member countries. That involves deterring any attempt to destabilize countries on its eastern flank like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Members of the U.S.-led alliance have diverse interests in their dealings with Russia, and in their dealings with the current focus of President Vladimir Putin’s ire — Ukraine But NATO is not riven by business, political and energy concerns in the same way the European Union is. It does not do sanctions.
