Asia is none of NATO's business

Alliance's growing ties with Japan and South Korea raise risk of war with China

Quinn Marschik

February 16, 2023 17:00 JST

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Jens Stoltenberg, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Jan. 31: The NATO secretary-general appears ready to tie the alliance into potential future conflicts in Asia. © Reuters

Quinn Marschik is a contributing fellow at think tank Defense Priorities in Washington.

Even as war raged along the alliance's borders, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was gallivanting around South Korea and Japan.

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