Former National Security Advisor John Bolton article He said for the Wall Street Journal that NATO should be expanded by adding three more countries to the North Atlantic Alliance.
“We must bring to life the idea of Jose Maria Aznar (former Prime Minister of Spain. – socialbites.ca) to make NATO a global organization by inviting Japan, Australia and Israel to join the alliance,” he said.
Donald Trump’s former adviser stated that other states that would comply with the alliance’s defense spending standards could also enter the military bloc.
He also believes that Washington and its allies should increase defense spending as a percentage of GDP to levels led by the United States under Ronald Reagan. According to Bolton, this can be done by cutting the federal budget in other sectors.
Former Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declarationThe existence of the AUKUS alliance and the expansion of NATO countries’ infrastructure towards Asia could lead to conflict in the coming years.
Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin declarationThat the West’s promises not to expand the North Atlantic Alliance to the East had turned into a dirty hoax.