NATO is going to be right up against Russia’s border, and it was Putin’s aggression that brought it about. Given Putin’s imperial intentions, NATO should be right up against Russia’s border.
One reads of NATO's "fight" against climate change as well as its involvement with Indo-Pacific nations, and so basically both "mission creep" and expansion. Here are some references, since so few actually cite sources for views:
Implementing NATO's Climate Security Agenda: Challenges Ahead NATO, 10 August 2023Since NATO is, in large part, the US, then the US under Biden-Blinken-Nuland "should be right up against Russia's border."Preparing NATO for climate-related security challenges Chatham House, UK, 4 July 2023
Can NATO Supercharge Military Greening? RAND Corporation, 1 December 2023
NATO wants to fight climate change. Its chief tells AP the trick is to make armies green but strong Associated Press, 21 June 2023
2022 - NATO AND THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION - REPORT NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 7 December 2022
NATO to upgrade ties with Australia, New Zealand, South Korea Asia.Nikkei, 13 June 2023
Why is NATO expanding its reach to the Asia-Pacific region? Conversation, 10 July 2023
NATO Can Help Create a Global Security Architecture Foreign Policy, 17 July 2023
Relations with partners in the Indo-Pacific region NATO, 17 August 2023
And you too, since NATO is going to make the military of the West green. And gay.
NATO - News: "NATO's strength is its diversity" NATO, 17 May 2023Expand! Nothing can go wrong! Pride flags are already displayed in US military services. And, yup, "green" is being promoted at the same time.
Many might think they are "conservative," but many have been punked. Green, gay, climate-change punked. Not to mention Trump having been whacked with Clinton's Russia-gate accusations over years. And now Cheney and Romney say they'd vote for a Democrat over Trump, if the Republican nominee. See how that works?