NATO leaders meeting in Europe designated China as presenting “systemic challenges”. This was declared a priority for US President Joe Biden as well. China denounced this development.
The US President urged NATO leaders to stand up to China’s “authoritarianism” and growing military might, and to understand that China is a “security risk” to the Western alliance. NATO said, “China’s stated ambitions and assertive behavior present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security”. This represents a reassertion of an older policy.
The US President NATO’s mutual defense pact was a “sacred obligation” for the United States, which is very different from how the previous US President referred to NATO.
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