Joe Biden wants to use his visit to Europe for the G7 summit and the Nato meeting to rally democracies to take on the autocratic threat posed by Russia and China. But in a sign of how difficult that will be, Emmanuel Macron made clear last night that ‘the line I’m advocating for France, and I hope for Europe, is not to be made a vassal by China nor be aligned with the United States on this subject.’ He has also said that China should not be a Nato priority.
If Nato is to stay relevant, it will have to become more involved in the effort to contain China
This is a mistake. If Nato is to stay relevant, it will have to become more involved in the effort to contain China, as I say in the magazine this week.
Biden wants Monday’s Nato summit to send out a clear message ahead of his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday.
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