China report warns against European-led Nato 3.0 expansion in the Asia-Pacific

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A report by China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations warns that a Europe-led 'Nato 3.0' expansion into the Asia-Pacific will not resolve strategic rifts with the US. The report also cautions that enhanced NATO military cooperation with countries like Japan may further alienate the alliance from accelerating regional tensions.

The transition of the North Atlantic military alliance to a more Europe-led “Nato 3.0” will fail to heal deep-seated strategic rifts between Washington and the European capitals, according to a leading Chinese think tank. In a report published on Monday, the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) also warned that Nato’s expanding military and defence cooperation with Asia-Pacific nations such as Japan would leave the bloc “increasingly at odds with an accelerating...