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June 30, 2022
NATO sees Russia as a ‘direct threat,’ but not China, says think tank
Jim Townsend of the CNAS Transatlantic Security Program, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO under the Obama administration, says Europe’s view on China is more circumspect than what the U.S. might want it to be.
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