"I think all of us after the fall of communism believed that the defeat of the #SovietUnion, the demise of the Soviet-style communism would be somehow the end of history"
@NATO Deputy Sec @Mircea_Geoana tells #EUDefense
"But history is a hard teacher. We learned the hard way that history never stops, that global competition never stops" per @NATO Deputy Sec @Mircea_Geoana
"There is no way, but no way neither for #Europe nor for our friends in North America-US & #Canada, our dearest allies-for us to cope with the changes in the world alone" per @Mircea_Geoana
"It not about hard & soft power. It's about a broader definition of security" per @NATO's @Mircea_Geoana
"Without strong, credible defense, without strong, credible innovation, without strong military & intelligence, we just cannot work only with the other tools of power"
"American leadership is needed" @NATO Deputy Sec @Mircea_Geoana tells #EUDefense "American leadership is something that's in our strong interest..."
"Resilience has become the buzzword of the moment" per @Mircea_Geoana
"We have to make sure the introspective way of looking at things, the national interest which is reflected by leaders all over the world is not leading to further disaggregation"
.@NATO Deputy Sec @Mircea_Geoana says it is not enough for alliance members just to commit to spending 2% GDP on defense
"The question is...how to spend the 2% better, how to make sure that we transform the way in which we are preparing for the warfare of tomorrow"
"The real question is how do spend better, how do we put the public money & e taxpayers money into better usage" per @Mircea_Geoana
#Afghanistan - "It's not going to be easy" per @NATO DepSec @Mircea_Geoana adding there's "no indication of a lessening of the commitment of the whole alliance & our global partners to the future of Afghanistan"
"An #Afghanistan that is stabilized and that is also becoming part of the global, int'l community & an economic player, is also good for these countries" @NATO's @Mircea_Geoana says re #Russia #China #Pakistan
"Global competition is raging and the rise of #China is also a fact & a #Russia that is trying to use & abuse some of its instruments of power to disrupt the political West" per @NATO's @Mircea_Geoana
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