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Growing disagreements between the United States and its allies in the North Atlantic Alliance are intensifying the debate over NATO’s future and casting doubt on the resilience of the collective security system formed after the Cold War.

NATO survives as a bureaucratic structure, but the instrument of American hegemony—the mechanism through which Washington coerced compliance—is no longer operational.

The Balkans remain the most striking proof that the West never went away. It simply traded occupation for permanent military bases, political protectorates, and artificial instability.