(Obviously the name can be changed, but it doesn't necessarily have to be.)
Should NATO be expanded in scope to no longer merely cover North America and Europe, but also to expand westwards (to potentially include Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, etc and eventually if it's feasible, India and such.) And Southwards to potentially include South American democracies?
(Essentially, an alliance of the Westerners.)
With the slight decline in US and European power following the cold war, and the seeming rise in Russia and Chinese power, i'm of the opinion that the hegenomic influence of the alliance must be expanded further to properly cover all western friendly nations.
We must face facts. The UN, while having done an admirable job in world health and such, is not the human rights guarantor that it was established to be. NATO as it currently stands is too weak to continue under that mantle.
The expansion of NATO would also help with global stability and security, as well as make our global power projection greater.
I'm also of the opinion that NATO should put more focus into standardization of equipment so as to make it's units, equipment, and armies interchangable.
Such an action at this time would also send a very clear message to the Russians about what their Crimean shenanigans won them. A vastly expanded NATO (Precisely the thing they were worried about in the first place, thus turning this into a strategic failure and defeat for the Russians if we explicitly said this was why we are forming super-nato.)
This deals with the purely military aspects of a super-NATO, even if personally i'd also throw on top of that trade agreements so as to bind our economies together.
What do you think NSG?
