The line “some of my best friends are Jews” used to be the signal that one was dealing with an...
In contrast to Trump, who in 2016 called NATO “obsolete,” the new US president will underline the alliance’s important role in global affairs. This means NATO will be in a more robust position against the various threats emanating from Russia. Biden has called Russia both an “opponent” and a “threat.” In early 2020, he wrote that “to counter Russian aggression, we must keep the alliance’s military capabilities sharp while also expanding its capacity to take on nontraditional threats, such as weaponized corruption, disinformation, and cybertheft.”