Weekend Lede: NATO's military chief on European security; Anti-Russian law protests build in Georgia; Zakaria & Pottinger discuss China threat
WSJ: NATO’s Top Officer Is an Admiral Who Thinks Like an Investor
Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer: To avoid death and destruction, the West needs not only to boost military production; it must fundamentally rethink what defense means, starting with the private sector.
“I do not see enough business executives going public on this,” Bauer said of security’s critical role in prosperity.
“If we maintain peace through deterrence, that is extremely sustainable,” he said. “The financial sector plays a role here in the solution, and is now part of the problem.”
“My generation has never lived in a world with an actual threat. We’re very spoiled with safety,” said Annelien van Drooge, a 37-year-old Dutch data consultant in Amsterdam. “I see an argument that we need to invest to show we’re ready, and not a weak target for Putin,” she said, adding that the issue receives insufficient attention.
Katie Shoshiashvili: “#Tbilisi witnessed one of its biggest pro-EU rallies in protest of Russian law today. Government fails to uphold its constitutional obligation to bring the country closer to Euro-Atlantic integration, as official Brussels says this law puts EU bid at risk.”
Reuters: Thousands of Georgians marched through the capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday, as protests built against a bill on "foreign agents" that the country's opposition and Western countries have said is authoritarian and Russian-inspired.
Fareed Zakaria: China is already waging a cold war on the US, says former top Trump China aide Matt Pottinger — and the US should try to win it.
