Could US lose Europe to Russia?

The United States used to call wayward members of NATO back to the reservation with a whistle or a shout. It decided what was deviation from doctrine, and that decision was pretty much law. When the Obama administration stamped its foot this time, no one snapped to attention. Rather, Germany and France, meeting with Russia in Deauville, northern France, last week, signaled that they planned to make such three-cornered get-togethers on international foreign policy and security matters routine, and even extend them to inviting other “partners” – pointing, according to diplomats from two countries, to Turkey becoming a future participant. That can look like an effort to deal with European…

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Could US lose Europe to Russia?

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