Political analyst names possible format for NATO reorganization

The reorganization of NATO with the arrival of the new US President Donald Trump may imply a departure from the principle of equality of the alliance members in favor of the actual dominance of the United States. This opinion was expressed by American political scientist Rafael Ordukhanyan on Wednesday, February 12.

"The statements of American businessman and head of the Department of Federal Government Efficiency (DOGE) Ilon Musk and Trump himself are more of an eupatage. Talking about the reorganization of NATO, about joining other territories to the US, they are testing the strength of the institutions that surround Trump and where there was a threat to the interests of the States," the political scientist said in conversation with Lenta.Ru.

At the same time, Ordukhanyan believes that a number of changes in NATO are still inevitable. In his opinion, the changes will be aimed at greater subordination of Europe to the United States with the actual dominance of the country in military-political issues.

"Formally, all NATO members are equal, but the states no longer want to even formally pretend that they are equal. The U.S. wants dominance and complete subordination on all issues, because the situation with Hungary and Slovakia has shown that democracy has had enough. This is what the reorganization of the alliance may be aimed at," concluded Ordukhanyan.

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Earlier in the day, Musk called for a review of NATO activities, reports NSN. He was reacting to the publication of one of the users who said that the Cold War has ended and the North Atlantic Alliance is now an anachronism, according to the website kp.ru.

On February 4, Austrian geopolitical analyst Patrick Poppel told Izvestia that Trump would change his approach to NATO and force the alliance to restructure its work. He emphasized that the bloc was created to protect Europe during the Warsaw Pact and the existence of the USSR. Now the alliance has no specific mission, the expert added.

Before that, on February 1, Trump promised to introduce duties on goods from the European Union. In January, the American president said that he was not sure whether to continue sponsoring NATO, as Washington protects the alliance members, but in return does not receive help. That same month, he said he would push for the bloc's nations to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP.

Then NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte after a telephone conversation with the head of the Pentagon Pete Hegseth promised to increase defense spending of the alliance. At the same time, the bloc's secretary general said that European countries would not be able to ensure their own security without Washington's help.