Asked what the purpose of NATO was, the Western military alliance’s first secretary-general Hastings Ismay came up with one of the greatest sound bites of all time: “To keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” These days we would more politely say “integrated” of the Germans, but the British diplomat’s pithy strategic point still holds 70 years later.
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<strong>The long read</strong>: For the first time in years, its role has become a topic of furious debate. But what do we talk about when we talk about Nato?