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Alliance Fracture Is Now Global

Alliance Fracture Is Now Global
Flags of NATO members fly at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Sept. 12, 2025. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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Western focus was, in 2026, on whether U.S. President Donald Trump would fulfill his threat to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). Eastern and Southern focus was on whether the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS alliance were even functioning.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”