NATO summit arms deals show realism trumps values

The liberal internationalist story has always been seductive: Democracies prefer each other, build institutions together and let shared values govern how they distribute power and resources. But this week’s NATO summit in Ankara showed that security imperatives trump liberal values in today’s geopolitics. First, let’s examine the pattern of defense spending. NATO allies gathered in
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