Ukraine War: Increasing NATO’s Military Capacity May Distort European Security Structure, Says Expert

Bolstering NATO’s military potential may increase the internal tension in the alliance and disrupt the structure of European security, Executive Director of the Shanghai Society for Russia and Central Asia Li Lifan stated on Monday. “Increasing the military potential is part of NATO’s efforts within its eastward expansion and this is done mostly to inspire and mislead some Eastern European countries. This requires finances and measures on setting up the organizational structure which is impossible to do immediately. On the contrary, this may increase the internal tension and disrupt the structure of European security which does not correlate with the…