The NATO summit, as expected, has devoted significant attention to China, which has been reflected in a dozen mentions throughout the text of the new Strategic Concept, with harsh expressions such as references to the coercive policies of China, the opacity about its military strategy and development, its confrontational and disinformation rhetoric, its attempts to subvert the rules-based international order, its efforts to divide the Alliance countries. In short: the "systemic challenges" that China represents for Euro-Atlantic security.
The NATO summit is an important step in the consolidation of two great blocs in the international community. On the one hand, a democratic bloc made up of Western countries and some of their allies in the Asia-Pacific region (such as Aus