Geopolitics
NATO's Southern Blind Spot: A Symptom of Imperial Decline and Multipolar Anxiety
NATO's focus on its eastern flank due to Russia's war in Ukraine has left its southern flank, especially the Atlantic, vulnerable to maritime insecurity, hybrid threats, and expanding Russian and Chinese activities. This strategic myopia, a relic of colonial-era bloc thinking, dangerously exposes the Alliance while revealing the West's persistent failure to adapt to a multipolar world where civilizational states like China rightfully assert their global presence.
