1. More cohesion in NATO?
According to the balance-of-threat assumption the lack of unambiguous threat decreases cohesion of military alliances, whereas the free-rider problem increases in inverse proportion. Even if one doesn't consider the geostrategical mischief ...
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The Syria situation seems quite unpredictable. Some countries seek to perform a military strike at the earliest opportunity, while ... ... Qatar etc. – are working to provoke Western states to attack Syria. A lot of activity is coming from certain European NATO members, especially France, which is investing a remarkable level of effort in the matter.
I think the Americans would benefit ...