NATO Allies: West Needs to Reassert Its Values to Counter Sino–Russia Alliance

UK and Australia speak out on Russian and China at NATO summit

An honour guard holds a Russia flag during preparations for a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on June 8, 2018. Jason Lee/Reuters

Leaders from the UK and Australia have told the NATO summit that the West needs to assert its values globally, or they will risk seeing China and Russia continue to test the rules-based international order.

This comes as NATO issued a declaration saying it will include China in its new strategic concept after identifying the Asian nation challenged the alliance’s “interests, security, and values” and sought “to undermine the rules-based international order.”