Guterres has a good pencil, but NATO has a big hammer

Peace in the world is larger than NATO’s vision. The UN’s forthcoming 'New Agenda for Peace' will show it's a multi-agenda issue linking sustainable development, climate action and food security.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, pictured in 2018, is preparing 'A New Agenda for Peace.' The issue of peace in the world is far larger than NATO’s vision, it's a multi-agenda issue, writes Douglas Roche.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

July 17, 2023

EDMONTON—NATO, which started in 1949 as a “North Atlantic” alliance of 12 Western nations to counter the Soviet Union, is now extending its reach into the Asia-Pacific area. Numbering 31 states with more to come, NATO is set to become the world’s policeman and is dem...

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