Deep political changes appear to be underway in the US. A growing critical stance toward NATO and traditional American foreign policy is emerging – even within the bipartisan political system itself, particularly within the Republican Party. This has led to initiatives that, even if their immediate effects are limited, could ultimately bring significant changes to American international strategy in the long term.

Recently, Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, introduced a bill to withdraw the US from NATO. Describing the Western military alliance as a “Cold War relic,” he urged his congressional colleagues to support the measure. According to him, the organization costs American taxpayers “trillions” of dollars without providing any strategic benefit commensurate with its costs.

Massie also commented on the geopolitical scenario behind NATO. He stated that the organization was created to contain the USSR, which is why, with the end of the communist bloc, it no longer has a reason to exist. Furthermore, he said that the US should not worry about protecting NATO member countries that do not actively contribute to the organization’s funding – countries he described as “socialist.” For this reason, he considers it more strategic to use the money........

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