{"id":10699,"date":"2017-11-02T14:12:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=10699"},"modified":"2017-11-02T14:12:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:12:45","slug":"nato-for-the-21st-century-ensuring-liberal-democracy-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/nato-for-the-21st-century-ensuring-liberal-democracy-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO For the 21st Century: Ensuring Liberal Democracy In Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"806\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hZLl_yS3Z0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>NATO was originally founded after World War II to ensure that liberal democracy survived in Europe. While the fall of the Soviet Union may have led many to question whether NATO was still necessary, its mission remains vital and relevant. NATO should resist the temptation to expand its geographic focus.<\/p>\n<p>For more information related to NATO and this video, please visit the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policyed.org\/intellections\/nato-21st-century-ensuring-liberal-democracy-europe\/video\">Policyed website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related Resources:<\/p>\n<div class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even animated\">\n<div class=\"ds-1col node node-resource node-teaser view-mode-teaser clearfix\" data-nid=\"4686\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-title\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ext-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/384766\/end-nato-victor-davis-hanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe End of NATO?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/384766\/end-nato-victor-davis-hanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cIs NATO worth preserving?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/384766\/end-nato-victor-davis-hanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLord Ismay, NATO, and the Old-New World Order\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO was originally founded after World War II to ensure that liberal democracy survived in Europe. While the fall of the Soviet Union may have led many to question whether NATO was still necessary, its mission remains vital and relevant. NATO should resist the temptation to expand its geographic focus. For more information related to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-2Mz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7749,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-end-of-nato\/","url_meta":{"origin":10699,"position":0},"title":"The End of NATO?","author":"victorhanson","date":"August 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Major existential problems mean the organization may soon unravel. by Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review Online Istanbul\u00a0\u2014 April marked the 65th birthday of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed at the height of the Cold War to stop the huge post-war Red Army from overrunning Western Europe. 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