NATO: The Dangerous Dinosaur

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Chapters & Sections (63)

0:00 NATO Alliance in Crisis Discussion chapter 5
0:00 NATO Alliance Discussion with Authors
1:41 NATO Crisis and Alliance Problems Discussed
3:19 NATO Burden Sharing and European Defense
5:07 US Foreign Policy Under Trump Criticized
6:32 NATO Policy Disagreements with US
8:22 European Leaders Question Efficacy of Sanctions chapter 2
8:22 European Leaders Question Sanctions Efficacy
10:48 NATO Allies Lack Commitment to Collective Defence
13:18 NATO's Relevance in a Changing Global Landscape chapter 3
13:18 NATO's Relevance in a Changing Global Landscape
15:48 US-Russia Relationship Mismanagement Criticized
17:17 Russia and NATO Relations
18:51 Critique of NATO and US Foreign Policy chapter 3
18:51 Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Criticism
20:42 Post-WWII Strategic Initiatives and Alliances
22:25 NATO Expansion and Russian Relations
24:23 NATO Expansion and Its Effects on Russia chapter 2
24:23 NATO Expansion and Its Effects on Russia
26:22 Europe's Defense Strategy Criticized by Europeans
28:47 German Military Lacking Equipment and Readiness chapter 3
28:47 German Military Lacking Essential Equipment
30:31 US Hegemony and NATO's Out-of-Area Operations
31:59 US Budget Deficit and National Debt Concerns
33:59 US Alliances and Conflicting Interests in Syria chapter 2
33:59 US Alliances and Conflicting Interests
35:53 US Support for Syrian Kurds Sparks Tensions
38:32 US Foreign Policy in Middle East chapter 3
38:32 US Foreign Policy in Middle East
40:06 US Military Strategy in Middle East Conflict
41:27 US Foreign Policy and Regional Instability
43:18 US Involvement in Syrian Conflict Criticized chapter 2
43:18 US Involvement in Syria Unlikely to Succeed
45:22 US Foreign Policy Criticized for Tunnel Vision
47:53 US Foreign Policy Tendencies and NATO Expansion chapter 3
47:53 US Foreign Policy Tendencies and NATO Expansion
49:30 US Alliance Expansion and Russian Promises
50:53 NATO Expansion and Russian Relations
52:25 Russia's Relations with the West Deteriorate Sharply chapter 5
52:25 US Provokes Russia in the Balkans and Kosovo
54:01 Russia's Warning Shot in 2008 Georgia Conflict
55:33 Putin's Early Views on NATO Expansion
57:24 Ukraine's NATO Membership and Russian Pushback
58:53 US NATO Burden Sharing and European Defense
1:01:21 US Officials Hostile to European Security Efforts chapter 2
1:01:21 US Officials Hostile to European Security Efforts
1:03:55 European Defense Spending and NATO's Future
1:06:41 Resistance to Change in US Security Policy chapter 2
1:06:41 Resistance to Change in US Security Policy
1:08:30 Challenging Entrenched Policy Resistance in Foreign Policy
1:11:08 NATO's Obsolescence and US Policy Change chapter 2
1:11:08 Challenges in Reforming NATO Policy
1:12:51 US Foreign Policy Consensus and Hegemony
1:15:20 Counter-Terrorist Strategy and Economic Insecurity chapter 3
1:15:20 Counter-Terrorist Strategy and Domestic Insecurity
1:17:28 Russia and Domestic Issues Discussion
1:18:55 US Global Solidarity and European Public Opinion
1:21:23 Germany's Military Role in European Defense chapter 5
1:21:23 Germany's Burden-Sharing in NATO
1:23:29 Germany's Rearmament and European Security
1:24:42 Critique of Appeasement Policy in Foreign Affairs
1:26:19 NATO Expansion Motives and Incentives
1:27:39 US Security Commitment to Eastern Europe

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