ABSTRACT
The rules-based, liberal-democratic international order, as we know it since the end of the Second World War, is under severe pressure, which has serious, negative implications for European, transatlantic, and global security. The crisis in the international order is also a crisis for NATO, but it is not the first time NATO is in crisis. When the Cold War ended, then US President George H. W. Bush proclaimed a new world order. The US administration under Trump is highlighting competition rather than cooperation in its strategy documents, as well as in practice, and has a reluctant view of its allies. As a result, the United States and NATO have invigorated their efforts to update their territorial defence plans and instigated a raft of initiatives aimed to deter Russia from further infringements of the status quo in Europe.
