There are taboo subjects in NATO, which we avoid talking about too loudly: Turkey and China. In the first case, it is a question of not radicalizing one of the pillars of the Atlantic Alliance, despite its drifts in Syria. In the second, we note rather a heaviness of the organization, which hesitates to seize a subject so far from its geographical area and so far from its former Soviet adversary. Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, the primary purpose of NATO remains the security of the transatlantic area and not that of Asia-Pacific. But the Covid-19 could be a game-changer. “ The health crisis has reinforced NATO's Chinese concern. The disinformation maneuvers no longer come only from Russia but also from China, "explains a senior NATO official.
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The Chinese "revival" actually dates from the London summit in December 2019, where NATO celebrated its 70th anniversary. For the first time, the Alliance is concerned about the rise of China.
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