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Some quotes from my contribution -- thread. gmfus.org/publications/f…
"Without NATO, West Germany’s recovery and resurgence after the Second World War, its integration in the West, and its survival as a frontier state in the Cold War would have been much harder if not impossible."
"European integration might not have happened without NATO, as the existence of the alliance reassured Germany’s neighbors and removed the threat of German revisionism—clearing the way toward cooperation."
"NATO was key for German reunification. It provided the security umbrella under which East and West Germany could focus on social and economic reunification without worrying too much about geopolitics and security."
"This repeated itself with the unification of Europe after the Cold War, when NATO took care of the external security aspects while the EU focused on internal socioeconomic and political dimension."
"The challenge for NATO is to move from a Cold War institution, largely dominated by the U.S., to an institution that keeps the transatlantic partners together on a more equal footing and allows them to push back against forces that want to make the world safe for autocracy."
