Nato has survived some serious rifts but the Iran war shows how the US has soured on the transatlantic alliance

By David J. Galbreath, Professor of War and Technology, University of Bath

The US president took the opportunity of a prime-time speech to the US public on April 1 to repeat his by now-familiar criticism of America’s Nato allies for not joining the war in Iran. He told them to “build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before. Should have done it with us as we asked.”

Trump’s anger at Nato in the past fortnight has been focused on the reluctance of the likes of the UK, Germany and France to land a hand in forcing Iran…

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