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China think tank warns Nato 3.0 could widen US-Europe strategic rifts
A report from CICIR says Nato 3.0, adopted after a summit in Ankara, shifts more conventional defence responsibility to Europe while the US recalibrates global commitments.
The China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations warned that a more Europe-led “Nato 3.0” approach is unlikely to mend longstanding strategic divides between Washington and European capitals, according to an SCMP Economy report.
The think tank said the concept, formally embraced at a Nato summit in Ankara last week, points to a structural overhaul that increases Europe’s role in conventional defence and shifts how the United States supports global commitments.
SCMP Economy said CICIR described Nato’s evolution moving from Cold War-era territorial defence, to out-of-area interventions and crisis management, toward a Europe-led model focused on home defence and deterrence.
The report added that Nato’s expanding military and defence cooperation with Asia-Pacific partners such as Japan could leave the alliance “increasingly at odds” with an accelerating multipolar world order, citing the Trump administration’s renewed emphasis on burden-sharing.