John R. Deni
@johnrdeni.bsky.social
Research Professor at PME institution, Senior Nonresident Fellow at Atlantic Council, Associate Nonresident Fellow at NATO Defense College. Author of Coalition of the unWilling and unAble. Views are my own.
And this is nothing new -- as I argued in Chapter 3 here (www.amazon.com/NATO-Transat...). RU won't change its stripes. If Europeans finally learned 'Wandel durch Handel' doesn't work, seems unwise to try to convince them otherwise. 5/5
NATO and Article 5: The Transatlantic Alliance and the Twenty-First-Century Challenges of Collective Defense
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December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
And this is nothing new -- as I argued in Chapter 3 here (www.amazon.com/NATO-Transat...). RU won't change its stripes. If Europeans finally learned 'Wandel durch Handel' doesn't work, seems unwise to try to convince them otherwise. 5/5
Namely, the Russians - they have no interest in playing by the rules of the game, in enacting the kind of transparency necessary, in forgoing corruption as a central feature of society and government, or in treating smaller neighbors as if they are sovereign and independent. 4/
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Namely, the Russians - they have no interest in playing by the rules of the game, in enacting the kind of transparency necessary, in forgoing corruption as a central feature of society and government, or in treating smaller neighbors as if they are sovereign and independent. 4/
This approach was tried for 25 years, from the end of the Cold War until 2014. It didn't work then, despite a couple of resets, and it won't work today for one primary reason... 3/
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This approach was tried for 25 years, from the end of the Cold War until 2014. It didn't work then, despite a couple of resets, and it won't work today for one primary reason... 3/
...is the stunning naivete behind this notion: "The U.S. negotiating team sees shared economic activity and energy interdependence as the cornerstone of its business-for-peace philosophy" 2/
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
...is the stunning naivete behind this notion: "The U.S. negotiating team sees shared economic activity and energy interdependence as the cornerstone of its business-for-peace philosophy" 2/
JFC Norfolk, like other two JFCs, is indeed under SACEUR's command... even though located closer to SACT than Mons.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
JFC Norfolk, like other two JFCs, is indeed under SACEUR's command... even though located closer to SACT than Mons.