NATO 1.0 is dead. Long live NATO 2.0

The existing NATO is an ideal template for a successor alliance that includes most or all of the existing members except the United States.

Most EU leaders have lost the faith in the military alliance. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, French President Emmanuel Macron, and even Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have offered blunt statements, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 18, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—Every year at this time, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—the world' s most powerful alliance for the past 77 years—holds a conference in Munich to examine its state of health.

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