NATO's 'Debacle' or Laschet's Clumsy Desperation?

Instead of taking this as a meaningful statement about the state of the alliance, we should probably put it down to Laschet’s habit of making ridiculous statements.

Stephen Walt tries to make sense of the wailing and gnashing of teeth from certain European politicians over Afghanistan:

It is the anguished tone—at times bordering on hysteria—that I find more mystifying. British Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat declares the end of the war a “tragedy” that will only lead to more war and says the problem was the lack …