It is reported that Italy recently deployed its aircraft carrier Cavour to the Pacific for the first time, and other NATO members such as France, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands have successively pledged to send military vessels there too, indicating a strong signal of NATO’s intention of meddling in the Asian Pacific affairs, which is bound to undermine regional security.[…]
”The declaration of so many NATO members to dispatch military vessels to the Pacific mirrors their concern about being marginalized,” said Xu. With Asia Pacific’s growing status in the global political and economic system, NATO members’ readiness to militarily meddle in the region is, on the one hand, to demonstrate their internal unity and cohesion and, on the other hand, to enhance their presence by getting involved in hotspot regional affairs. Läs artikel